{"product_id":"saying-it-loud-1966-the-year-black-power-challenged-the-civil-rights-movement-paperback","title":"Saying It Loud: 1966--The Year Black Power Challenged the Civil Rights Movement - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMark Whitaker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\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 \u003c\/p\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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMark Whitaker is the author of the critically acclaimed memoir \u003ci\u003eMy Long Trip Home\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSmoketown: The Untold Story of the Other Great Black Renaissance\u003c\/i\u003e. The former managing editor of CNN Worldwide, he was previously the Washington bureau chief for NBC News and a reporter and editor at \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e, where he rose to become the first African American leader of a national newsweekly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.3 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 06, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53756067905869,"sku":"9781982114138","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/cIGHer9QPV9781982114138.webp?v=1776722017","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/saying-it-loud-1966-the-year-black-power-challenged-the-civil-rights-movement-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}