Living Black History: How Reimagining the African-American Past Can Remake America's Racial Future
Description
This provocative work argues that understanding African American history as a living, ongoing struggle—not merely a record of past injustice—is essential to remaking America’s racial future. Drawing on the lives, movements, and ideas that have shaped Black political and cultural life, it examines how memory, leadership, and historical interpretation influence contemporary debates about race and democracy. The book challenges conventional narratives while exploring themes of liberation, identity, citizenship, and social change. Insightful and deeply engaged, it invites readers to reconsider the past as a source of vision and action for the future.
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paperback
Basic Civitas
Published Jan 1, 2005
266 pages
ISBN: 9780465043897
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First Published
2006
Language
eng
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Content and trigger warnings for Living Black History: How Reimagining the African-American Past Can Remake America's Racial Future by Manning Marable.