No Coward Soldiers: Black Cultural Politics in Postwar America

by Waldo E. Martin

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In a vibrant and passionate exploration of the twentieth-century civil rights and black power eras in American history, Martin uses cultural politics as a lens through which to understand the African-American freedom struggle. In the transformative postwar period, the intersection between culture and politics became increasingly central to the African-American fight for equality. In freedom songs, in the exuberance of an Aretha Franklin concert, in Faith Ringgold's exploration of race and show more sexuality, the personal and social became the political. show less

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No Coward Soldiers: Black Cultural Politics in Postwar America

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Anthropology, Nonfiction, History, Politics and Government
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305.896Society, government, & cultureSocial sciences, sociology & anthropologySocial group - Age, Gender, EthnicityEthnic and national groupsOther ethnic and national groupsAfricans and people of African descent; Blacks of African origin
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E185.6 .M3625History of the United StatesUnited StatesElements in the populationAfro-AmericansStatus and development since emancipation
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