{"product_id":"saying-it-loud-1966-the-year-black-power-challenged-the-civil-rights-movement-9781982114138","title":"Saying It Loud: 1966--The Year Black Power Challenged the Civil Rights Movement","description":"\u003cb\u003eMark Whitaker \"writes with the eye of a journalist and ear of a poet\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e) to tell the story of the momentous year that redefined the civil rights movement as a new sense of Black identity, expressed in the slogan \"Black Power,\" challenged the nonviolent philosophy of Martin Luther King, Jr. and John Lewis.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \"crisp prose\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) and novelistic detail \u003ci\u003eSaying It Loud\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of how the Black Power phenomenon began to challenge the traditional civil rights movement in the turbulent year of 1966. \u003ci\u003eSaying It Loud\u003c\/i\u003e takes you inside the dramatic events in this seminal year, from Stokely Carmichael's middle-of-the-night ouster of moderate icon John Lewis as a chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) to Carmichael's impassioned cry of \"Black Power!\" during a protest march in rural Mississippi. From Julian Bond's humiliating and racist ouster from the Georgia state legislature because of his antiwar statements to Ronald Reagan's election as California governor riding a \"white backlash\" vote against Black Power and urban unrest. From the founding of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale in Oakland, California, to the origins of Kwanzaa, the Black Arts Movement, and the first Black studies programs. From Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.'s ill-fated campaign to take the civil rights movement north to Chicago to the wrenching ousting of the white members of SNCC. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDeeply researched and widely reported, \u003ci\u003eSaying It Loud \u003c\/i\u003eoffers brilliant portraits of the major characters in the yearlong drama and provides new details and insights from key players and journalists who covered the story. It also makes a compelling case for why the lessons from 1966 still resonate in the era of Black Lives Matter and the fierce contemporary battles over voting rights, identity politics, and the teaching of Black History.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Whitaker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/06\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781982114138\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMark Whitaker was born outside of Philadelphia, raised by a single mother in southeastern Massachusetts, and attended Harvard College and Oxford University as a Marshall Scholar. He worked for twenty-five years at \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e, rising to become the magazine's first African American top editor (1998-2006). Subsequently, Whitaker worked in television news as Washington Bureau Chief for \u003ci\u003eNBC News\u003c\/i\u003e and Managing Editor of \u003ci\u003eCNN Worldwide\u003c\/i\u003e. He is currently an Emmy Award-winning Contributing Correspondent for\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eCBS\u003ci\u003e Sunday Morning\u003c\/i\u003e. Whitaker's first book, \u003ci\u003eMy Long Trip Home\u003c\/i\u003e, was a finalist for the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize, and he has since written four more books. He is a judge for the Peabody Awards, the John Chancellor Award, and was previously a juror for the duPont\/Columbia Awards. Mark Whitaker is married with two adult children and resides in Manhattan and Woodstock, New York.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43182348796019,"sku":"9.78198E+12","price":22.62,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_a255761f-12bf-4977-9640-bfe9b0015aff.jpg?v=1752147360","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/saying-it-loud-1966-the-year-black-power-challenged-the-civil-rights-movement-9781982114138","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}