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Kelley unearths freedom dreams in this exciting history of renegade intellectuals and artists of the African diaspora in the twentieth century. Focusing on the visions of activists from C. L. R. James to Aime Cesaire and Malcolm X, Kelley writes of the hope that Communism offered, the mindscapes of Surrealism, the transformative potential of radical feminism, and of the four-hundred-year-old dream of reparations for slavery and Jim Crow. From'the preeminent historian of black popular culture' (Cornel West), an inspiring work on the power of imagination to transform society.
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Audiobook details
Author:
Robin D.G. Kelley
Narrator:
JD Jackson
ISBN:
9780807092460
Length:
8 hours 30 minutes
Language:
English
Publisher:
Beacon Press
Publication date:
April 17, 2018
Edition:
Unabridged
Libro.fm rank:
#24,849 Overall
Genre rank:
#1,485 in Social Science
Reviews
“A bold and provocative celebration of the black radical imagination in the 20th century.”—Laura Ciolkowski, The New York Times Book Review
“Based on Kelley’s belief that to make a better world we must first imagine it, this brilliantly conceived and written book recounts the accomplishments of black activists and thinkers over the past century who have been committed to remaking the world.”
—Library Journal
“Through this masterful book of black radical history and philosophy, I can look past the dreariness of our unfree world with the binoculars of the imaginary, learning from those female and male 20th century activists Kelley chronicled, who refused to let any oppressor stop their movement dreams of a free life, of a free world.”
—Ibram X. Kendi, author of Stamped From the Beginning Expand reviews