Love for Liberation
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Love for Liberation

African Independence, Black Power, and a Diaspora Underground

  1. 252 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub
Available until 23 Dec |Learn more

Love for Liberation

African Independence, Black Power, and a Diaspora Underground

About this book

CHOICE Award for Outstanding Academic Title Illuminates how global solidarity defined African American politics and invigorated the African diaspora During the height of the Cold War, passionate idealists across the US and Africa came together to fight for Black self-determination and the antiracist remaking of society. Beginning with the 1957 Ghanaian independence celebration, the optimism and challenges of African independence leaders were publicized to African Americans through community-based newspapers and Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Inspired by African independence—and frustrated with the slow pace of civil rights reforms in the US—a new generation of Black Power activists embarked on nonviolent direct action campaigns and built alternative institutions designed as spaces of freedom from racial subjugation. Featuring interviews with activists, extensive archival research, and media analysis, Robin Hayes reveals how Black Power and African independence activists created a diaspora underground, characterized by collaboration and reciprocal empowerment. Together, they redefined racial discrimination as an international human rights issue requiring education, sustained collective action, and global solidarity—laying the groundwork for future transnational racial justice movements, such as Black Lives Matter.

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Table of contents

  1. Love For Liberation
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. List of Illustrations
  6. List of Organizations and Abbreviations
  7. Introduction
  8. 1. Diaspora Underground
  9. 2. “New African in the World”
  10. 3. “A Free Black Mind”
  11. 4. “Independence with Danger”
  12. 5. “Our Problem Is Your Problem”
  13. 6. “Mississippi Eyes”
  14. 7. “Love Our Community”
  15. 8. “We Have Come Back”
  16. 9. “Ready for the Revolution”
  17. Epilogue: Black Lives Matter
  18. Acknowledgments
  19. Remaining Non-Self-Governing Territories
  20. Notes
  21. Interviews, Archival Materials, and Periodicals
  22. Index