{"product_id":"david-walker-the-politics-of-racial-egalitarianism-paperback-softback-9781509548279","title":"David Walker; The Politics of Racial Egalitarianism (Paperback \/ softback) 9781509548279","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDavid Walker\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Politics of Racial Egalitarianism\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSherrow O. Pinder (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509548279, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 24 May 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e224 pages\u003cbr\u003e20.8 x 14 x 2.5 cm, 0.363 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e“An indispensable book about an indispensable figure in black history. So much of Walker's thinking rings true still, and Pinder exquisitely articulates its importance. A must-read, feel, and experience.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarquis Bey, author of \u003ci\u003eBlack Trans Feminism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Why does David Walker matter today? Sherrow O. Pinder has done us a great service, as she invites us to let Walker be our avatar should a vibrant Black politics and equality for all be our goal.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNeil Roberts, author of \u003ci\u003eA Political Companion to Frederick Douglass\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Walker, a free (with a small f) black man, was one of the most significant African-American abolitionists of the nineteenth century. Born in a slave society before moving to Boston where, after the American Revolutionary War, slavery was abolished, Walker devoted his life to fighting slavery and antiblack racism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this book, Sherrow O. Pinder brings to light Walker’s lived experience, activism, and the synchronizing of his Christian principles and reformist radicalism to demonstrate why and how slavery must be eliminated. Walker’s call for blacks to regain their natural rights culminated in his \u003ci\u003eAppeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World\u003c\/i\u003e, an enormously influential work that is now considered a founding text of black studies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eToday, given the escalation of antiblack racism manifested in the upholding of institutionalized violence by the state and the continued marginality of African-Americans, we cannot afford to forget Walker’s push for racial egalitarianism: it is more urgent than ever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1: Envisioning David Walker’s Life in the South\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2: David Walker Moves from the South to the North\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3: David Walker’s Reproof of Blacks’ Unequal Treatment and How to Promote Racial Equality\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4: David Walker’s Fearless Speech in the Appeal and Its Aftermath\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConclusion: The Usefulness of David Walker’s Thought for an Analysis of Antiblack Racism Today\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Society \u0026amp; culture: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Society \u0026amp; culture: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Society%20\u0026amp;%20culture:%20general%20%5BJF%5D%22\"\u003eJF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52472124932376,"sku":"9781509548279","price":14.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509548279.jpg?v=1785718106","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/david-walker-the-politics-of-racial-egalitarianism-paperback-softback-9781509548279","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}