{"product_id":"concrete-demands-the-search-for-black-power-in-the-20th-century-9780415801430","title":"Concrete Demands: The Search for Black Power in the 20th Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eBetween the 1950s and 1970s, Black Power coalesced as activists advocated a more oppositional approach to fighting racial oppression, emphasizing racial pride, asserting black political, cultural, and economic autonomy, and challenging white power. In \u003ci\u003eConcrete Demands\u003c\/i\u003e, Rhonda Y. Williams provides a rich, deeply researched history that sheds new light on this important social and political movement, and shows that the era of expansive Black Power politics that emerged in the 1960s had long roots and diverse trajectories within the 20\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e century.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLooking at the struggle from the grassroots level, Williams highlights the role of ordinary people as well as more famous historical actors, and demonstrates that women activists were central to Black Power. Vivid and highly readable, \u003ci\u003eConcrete Demands\u003c\/i\u003e is a perfect introduction to Black Power in the twentieth century for anyone interested in the history of black liberation movements.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rhonda Y. Williams\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/11\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 305\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 6.00w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415801430\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRhonda Y. Williams\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Professor of History at Case Western Reserve University. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Politics of Public Housing: Black Women's Struggles Against Urban Inequality\u003c\/i\u003e, and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eTeaching the American Civil Rights Movement: Freedom's Bittersweet Song\u003c\/i\u003e (Routledge).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43195181727859,"sku":"9.78042E+12","price":106.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_4830d829-7369-42f4-8d83-75162c3e4b2b.jpg?v=1752581909","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/concrete-demands-the-search-for-black-power-in-the-20th-century-9780415801430","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}