Red Black and Green
Black Nationalism in the United States

Red, Black, and Green traces the origins, the struggles and the accomplishments of black nationalism.

Alphonso Pinkney (Author)

9780521294591, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 22 February 1979

272 pages
21.6 x 14 x 1.6 cm, 0.35 kg

Review of the hardback: 'Pinkney's work is an excellent critique, a model of the methods and evaluations which might be used in further studies.' The Virginia Quarterly Review

From the first slaves who rose up against their master in the early period of American history to the prominent modern figures such as Malcolm X, Elijah Muhammed, Eldridge Cleaver, Red, Black, and Green traces the origins, the struggles and the accomplishments of black nationalism. Its broad discussion of the ideology of black nationalism and of the conditions that gave rise to this ideology provides the foundation for a thorough account of the black nationalist movement in the peak years of its momentum, roughly the decade 1963 to 1973. The author deals both with specific milestones, such as Marcus Garvey's Universal Negro Improvement Association in the early twentieth century, and with the far-reaching implications of the movement for the black community and for the United States as a whole. He looks at the many facets of black nationalism - revolutionary nationalism, cultural nationalism, religious nationalism, and educational nationalism - analyses the relationship between this movement and liberation movements in general.

Preface
1. Introduction
2. The black nationalist tradition
3. Marcus Garvey and the Universal Negro Improvement Association
4. Malcolm X and the rise of contemporary nationalism
5. The impact of contemporary nationalism on the black community
6. Revolutionary nationalism: the Black Panther Party and other groups
7. Cultural nationalism
8. Religious nationalism
9. Educational nationalism
10. Black nationalism and liberation
Epilogue
Notes
Index.

Subject Areas: 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000 [HBLW], History of the Americas [HBJK]