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ADVANCE PRAISE FOR BLACK LIBERATION IN CONSERVATIVE AMERICA “Manning Marable’s critique of the conventional wisdom seldom fails to shock, delight, or enlighten. Whether you are white or ‘of color,’ prepare to have your cherished no¬ tions challenged by his provocative, well-argued observa¬ tions. Black Liberation in Conservative America provides an important roadmap to the coming multicultural century.” —Clarence Page, columnist, Chicago Tribune “In the 1990s, new forms of racism structure the lives of people of color in ways that are simultaneously less obvi¬ ous and more treacherous. Manning Marable’s Black Lib¬ eration in Conservative America chronicles these developments—including the globalization of capital and an expanding prison system—against the backdrop of a rising conservatism and the insinuation of rightwing ideologies into Black community formations. Marable boldly contests what he considers to be an ineffectual emphasis on elec¬ toral politics and argues that the future of Black liberation will have to be fought out on activist terrains. This work offers invaluable theoretical and practical guidance to scholars and activists alike.” —Angela Davis, author, Women, Race and Class ABOUT MANNING MARABLE Manning Marable is Professor of History and Political Science and Director of the Institute for Research in Afri¬ can-American Studies at Columbia University. Bom in 1950 in Dayton, Ohio, he is the author of How Capitalism Underdeveloped Black America and numerous other books. Dr. Marable’s public affairs commentary series, “Along the Color Line,” upon which this essay collection is based, is published in over 280 newspapers and journals. BLACK LIBERATION IN CONSERVATIVE AMERICA BLACK LIBERATION IN CONSERVATIVE AMERICA MANNING MARABLE SOUTH END PRESS BOSTON BROOKLINE PUBLIC LIBRARY <L ( © 1997 by Manning Marable Cover design by Beth Fortune Text design and production by the South End Press collective Printed in the U.S.A. Any properly footnoted quote of up to 500 sequential words may be used without permission, as long as the total number of words quoted does not exceed 2,000. For longer quotes or for a greater number of total words, please write for permission from South End Press. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Marable, Manning, 1950- Black liberation in conservative America / Manning Marable. p. cm. ISBN 0-89608-560-0 (cloth : alk. paper). — ISBN 0-89608-559-7 (paper : alk. paper) 1. Afro-Americans — Politics and government. 2. Conservatism- United States — History — 20th century. 3. Afro-American — Social conditions — 1975- I. Title. E185.615.M2784 1997 973’.0496073—dc21 96-48679 CIP South End Press, 116 Saint Botolph Street, Boston, MA 02115 02 01 00 99 98 97 1 23456 ■ <2§i3> ;45C