Description
| Product ID: | 9781433117701 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Series: | Black Studies and Critical Thinking |
| Title: | Fighting for Our Place in the Sun |
| Subtitle: | Malcolm X and the Radicalization of the Black Student Movement 1960–1973 |
| Authors: | Author: Richard Benson, Richard Greggory Johnson III |
| Page Count: | 304 |
| Subjects: | History, History, Philosophy and theory of education, Philosophy & theory of education |
| Description: | Examines the life of Malcolm X as not only a radical political figure, but also as a teacher and mentor. This book features untold tenets of Malcolm X's educational philosophy, and also traces a historical trajectory of Black activists. It deals with the Black student movement in North Carolina and Duke University. In Fighting for Our Place in the Sun, Richard D. Benson II examines the life of Malcolm X as not only a radical political figure, but also as a teacher and mentor. The book illuminates the untold tenets of Malcolm X’s educational philosophy, and also traces a historical trajectory of Black activists that sought to create spaces of liberation and learning that are free from cultural and racial oppression. It explains a side of the Black student movement and shift in black power that develops as a result of the student protests in North Carolina and Duke University. From these acts of radicalism, Malcolm X Liberation University (MXLU), the Student Organization for Black Unity (SOBU/YOBU), and African Liberation Day (ALD) were produced to serve as catalysts to extend the tradition of Black activism in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Scholars, researchers, community organizers, and students of African-American studies, American studies, history of education, political science, Pan-African studies, and more will benefit from this provocative and enlightening text. |
| Imprint Name: | Peter Lang Publishing Inc |
| Publisher Name: | Peter Lang Publishing Inc |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2014-12-23 |
