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BLACK AWAKENING IN CAPITALIST AMERICA BLACK AWAKENING IN CAPITALIST AMERICA An Analytic History ROBERT L. ALLEN ~ ~0f~~~~9~orld Press, Inc. 'W Trenton, New jersey 08607 Africa World Press, Inc. P.O. Box 1892 Trenton, New Jersey 08607 First Printing AW P edition 1990 Second Printing AW P edition 1992 Copyright © Robert L. Allen All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of the publisher. Cover design by Ife Nii Owoo Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 90-80153 ISBN: 0-86543-172-8 Cloth 0-86543-157-4 Paper For black students and youth, who must shoulder a burden others have let fall ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Most books are the products of efforts by many different people. This one is no exception. Space does not permit me to note all of those who in some way aided in the prep aration of this volume, but I would like to thank Pam Allen, Julius Lester, Conrad Lynn, Marty Olsen and Penny Schaner for their thoughtful criticisms and kind words of encouragement. I am especially indebted to Bill Mandel, who evaluated and criticized the manuscript with profes sorial diligence, offering many valuable insights in the process. Whatever worth there is in this book must be credited in large part to these friends. Whatever weak nesses remain are my responsibility alone. A word of thanks also to the staff of the Guardian for permission to use material that appeared in somewhat dif ferent form in the pages of that publication. R.L.A. CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii I. Introduction 1 II. The Social Context of Black Power 21 III. Black Nationalism 89 IV. Black Power and Bourgeois Black Nationalism 128 v. Corporate Imperialism vs. Black Liberation 193 VI. Black Radicals: Rhetoric and Reality 246 VII. Conclusion: Toward a Transitional Program 274 BIBLIOGRAPHY 285 INDEX 289
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