New Day in Babylon: The Black Power Movement and American Culture, 1965-1975

by William L.Van Deburg

The most comprehensive account available of the rise and fall of the Black Power Movement and of its dramatic transformation of both African-American and larger American culture. With a gift for storytelling and an ear for street talk, William Van Deburg chronicles a decade of deep change, from the armed struggles of the Black Panther party to the cultural nationalism of artists and writers creating a new aesthetic. Van Deburg contends that although...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226847144
• ISBN13: 9780226847146
• Release Date: November 1992
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 388 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"