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Freedom Dreams : The Black Radical Imagination

by Robin D. G. Kelley

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Kelley unearths freedom dreams in this exciting history of renegade intellectuals and artists of the African diaspora in the twentieth century. Focusing on the visions of activists from C. L. R. James to Aime Cesaire and Malcolm X, Kelley writes of the hope that Communism offered, the mindscapes of Surrealism, the transformative potential of radical feminism, and of the four-hundred-year-old dream of reparations for slavery and Jim Crow. From'the preeminent historian of black popular show more culture' (Cornel West), an inspiring work on the power of imagination to transform society. show less

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Kelley unearths freedom dreams in this exciting history of renegade intellectuals and artists of the African diaspora in the twentieth century.

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Robin D. G. Kelley

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Robin D. G. Kelley, a frequent contributor to The New York Times, is professor of history and Africana studies at New York University City

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Canonical title: Freedom Dreams : The Black Radical Imagination
Original publication date: 2002

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Languages: English
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Published: 2002
Genres: Nonfiction, History, Anthropology, General Nonfiction, Politics and Government
DDC/MDS: 305.896
LCC: E185 .K39

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