The Fight for Black Empowerment in the USA

Through analyses of secondary data, historical archives, first-person interviews, and a variety of political and economic statistical indicators, this book contends that the realisation of black political, legal, cultural and economic empowerment represents the last hope for the US both domestically and internationally.

This book advances the view that concentrated black power is the backbone of the Democratic Party and, as such, black empowerment represents the last hope for the US both domestically and internationally. Through analyses of secondary data, historical archives, and a variety of political and economic statistical indicators, it examines the relationship between black empowerment and America's global stature across its history, exploring the socio-historical context in which obstacles to black empowerment have occurred and the strategies that have been adopted across time for its realization. An examination of what Black political, legal, economic and cultural power looks like, The Fight for Black Empowerment in the USA makes an urgent call for the up-lift and empowerment of the black population, without which the nation faces irreversible political and economic dysfunction domestically, and a loss of its status as a global superpower. As such, it will appeal to scholars across the social sciences with interests in racial and ethnic inequalities and contemporary American society.

Autorentext

Kareem R. Muhammad is Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Carroll University, USA.

Inhalt

Chapter 1 - In Search of Power: Getting the Big Piece of Chicken

Introduction

Realpolitik

Harvest for the World

Chapter 2 - The Old Deal: Frenemy of the State:

Blackhead Power

Staying Power

The Middling Constitution

Church and State

Fire Fighters

Chapter 3- White Supremacist Ideology and the Power to Be Able:

Pandemic and Ideologies

New Ideologies for New Economies

Rich People's Problems

Down By Law

Off White

Chapter 4 - The Political Leverage of Black Power:

New In Town

Black Jesus

Cash Crop

Passing Me By

Revolting Behavior

Public Enema

Boycott Sal's

You Don't Work, You Don't Eat

Civil Violence

FUBU

The Black Arts Movement

The Real Hip-Hop

Chapter 5 - Politics as Usual:

Birney Bros

Blood and Treasure

The Audacity of Hope

The Great Sellout

Chapter 6 - No Permanent Friends, No Permanent Enemies:

The New Deal

The Long Civil Rights Movement

A Long Time To Come

Mourning in America

The First Black Precedent

Brand New Funk

Fierce Urgency

Chapter 7

Endnotes