Saying It Loud - 1966 - The Year Black Power Challenged the Civil Rights Movement

Journalist and author Mark Whitaker describes the momentous year when the Civil Rights movement split as a new sense of Black identity embodied by Stokely Carmichael and the slogan "Black Power" redefined the Civil Rights movement and challenged the nonviolent philosophy of Martin Luther King, Jr. and John Lewis.

About the author

Mark Whitaker is the author of the critically acclaimed memoir, My Long Trip Home. The former managing editor of CNN Worldwide, he was previously the Washington bureau chief for NBC News and a reporter and editor at Newsweek, where he rose to become the first African-American leader of a national newsweekly.

Summary

Journalist and author Mark Whitaker describes the momentous year when the Civil Rights movement split as a new sense of Black identity embodied by Stokely Carmichael and the slogan "Black Power" redefined the Civil Rights movement and challenged the nonviolent philosophy of Martin Luther King, Jr. and John Lewis.

Product details

• Authors: Mark Whitaker, Whitaker Mark
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.03.2024
• EAN: 9781982114138
• ISBN: 978-1-982114-13-8
• No. of pages: 400
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, Autobiography: historical, political & military, Social discrimination & inequality, United States of America, USA, Autobiography: historical, political and military, Civil rights & citizenship, Civics and citizenship, HISTORY / African American & Black, Social discrimination and social justice