Aretha,
David. Black Power.
Morgan Reynolds, 2012. 128p. $28.95
ISBN 978-1-59935-164-3 ms/hs VG-BNS
This history of
one phase of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States begins with the
election of Stokely Carmichael to lead the Student Nonviolent Coordinating
Committee (SNCC), and SNCC's subsequent turn to a more militant stance in
fighting for civil rights for African Americans.
The book is very thorough, although there are two instances where an error appears, namely the notion that “white flight” could be blamed on the Black Power movement. (This is stated both on page 113 at the bottom of the page, and on the back cover of the book.) White flight had actually begun decades prior to this era, when an influx of Blacks to northern cities occurred at the end of World War Two.
However, despite this historical error, the book is fairly thorough, although the timeline omits the assassination of Malcolm X.
There is a timeline, a list of source notes, an extensive bibliography, a good list of resources for further research, and an index. Photographs are good, and compliment the text nicely.
The book is very thorough, although there are two instances where an error appears, namely the notion that “white flight” could be blamed on the Black Power movement. (This is stated both on page 113 at the bottom of the page, and on the back cover of the book.) White flight had actually begun decades prior to this era, when an influx of Blacks to northern cities occurred at the end of World War Two.
However, despite this historical error, the book is fairly thorough, although the timeline omits the assassination of Malcolm X.
There is a timeline, a list of source notes, an extensive bibliography, a good list of resources for further research, and an index. Photographs are good, and compliment the text nicely.
Other books in
the Civil Rights Movement series
include The Murder of Emmett Till, The Trial of the Scottsboro Boys,
Selma and the Voting Rights Act, and Sit-Ins and Freedom Rides.
Subject: African Americans - Civil
Rights
Carol Kennedy
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