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

by William L. Van DeBurg

Book Overview

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: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226847152
• ISBN13: 9780226847153
• Release Date: November 1993
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 388 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"