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Black Power/Black Nation

This collection contains materials related to Black Power and the concept of a Black Nation within the United States. This collection has materials from a wide variety of authors and organizations.

Documents

Black Liberation Part 2 Black Liberation Part 2
Publisher: Freedom ArchivesCollection: Black Power/Black Nation
Malcolm X on Black Nationalism as a response to US Colonialism; Assata Shakur reads her poem Carry It On tracing the history of Black resistance to white supremacy
The U.S. Imperialist State and the Black Nation The U.S. Imperialist State and the Black Nation
Author: Saladine MuhammadPublisher: The Institute of Black Political StudiesFormat: TranscriptCollection: Black Power/Black Nation
Speech initially given at a forum in the US Black National Question, along with another major speaker on the topic, Imini Baraka, chairman of the Revolutionary Communist League. Brother Saladin Muhammad is a member of the National Central Committee of the Afrikan Peoples Party.
The Black Power Controversy The Black Power Controversy
Author: New South StudentPublisher: Southern Student Organizing Committee ("SSOC"), NashvilleYear: 1966Volume Number: Vol. 111-7 DecFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Black Power/Black Nation
Includes: The Black Power Controversy; Lowndes County Story: Caging the Panther by Jane Dewart; From Power and Racism by Stokely Carmichael; Black Power and White Organizing by Anne Braden Ghandian Tour
Burn, baby, burn Burn, baby, burn
Publisher: Los Angeles TimesYear: 1966Format: GraphicCollection: Black Power/Black Nation
political cartoon
In Defense of the Right to Political Secession for the Afro-American Nation: Papers and Resolutions from the School on the Afro-American National Question In Defense of the Right to Political Secession for the Afro-American Nation: Papers and Resolutions from the School on the Afro-American National Question
Publisher: Revolutionary Political Organization; Marxist Leninist; Amilcar Cabral/Paul Robeson CollectiveYear: 1982Format: MonographCollection: Black Power/Black Nation
The Black Power Controversy The Black Power Controversy
Author: New South StudentPublisher: Southern Student Organizing Committee ("SSOC"), NashvilleYear: 1966Volume Number: Vol. 111-7 DecFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Black Power/Black Nation
Includes: The Black Power Controversy; Lowndes County Story: Caging the Panther by Jane Dewart; From Power and Racism by Stokely Carmichael; Black Power and White Organizing by Anne Braden Ghandian Tour
Burn, baby, burn Burn, baby, burn
Publisher: Los Angeles TimesYear: 1966Format: GraphicCollection: Black Power/Black Nation
political cartoon