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The Narrative of Hosea Hudson: The Life and Times of a Black Radical
black, communist, and pro-union story of mutal explotation
Barbarism
colonizer is barbaric Discourse of colonialism
Gender-Independent Movements
women and men working is separation in different movements with different goals
Full Gender-Integration Movements:
women and men working towards the same goals in the same movement
Environmental Justice:
Fighting for issues that contribute to the health of communities based on working in harmony with the earth
Concerning Violence
Frantz Fanon violence is necessary from otherthrow of colonialism
Movement People
Gomez chapter highlighting the social movements and accomplishments of black people across the world
"Efflorescence"
Gomez, Michael, Black peoples resilience and movements towards personal freedom
Black Women Activists and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee"
Griggs Fleming, Cynthia womens role in sncc Ruby Doris Smith Robinson fierce activism and early death
We're on Our Way
Hamer, Fannie Lou urges people to vote and relize potential for activsm violence against black people: Black man beat her and jail, White cop sexually exploited her
What We Want What We Believe
- 1966 Black Panther Party and Platform Program
Marxism
According to Marxian theory, class conflict arises in capitalist societies due to contradictions between the material interests of the oppressed proletariat—a class of wage labourers employed by the bourgeoisie to produce goods and services—and the bourgeoisie—the ruling class that owns the means of production and extract their wealth through appropriation of the surplus product (profit) produced by the proletariat. Leading to socialism-common ownership of means of production and resources, but people can have individual property Panther sisters of womens liberation
TEN: Teatro Experimental do Negro
Black Experimental Theater of Brazil was influenced by Négritude's celebration of blackness and refusal of assimilation was opposed to the privilege granted to mulattoes as well as to whitening Pan-Africanism Negritude and the Currency of Blackness
Black Power: Its Need and Substance
Carmichael, Stokely and Charles V. Hamilton black people need to unite to build their own communities and uplift themselves from racist narratives fed to them
"Discourse on Colonialism"
Cesaire Aime colonist motivations were rooted in economic exploitation colonist are brutalized and decivilized barbarism of colonist Founded the Negritude movement "Resistance to the politics of assimilation" Sengore (president of Senegal) and Damas (French Guinea) and Suzanne Cesaire
Nervous Conditions
Colonized subjects, girl struggling to assimilate and uplift her family
Negrismo
Cuba emphasized the contributions of Africans to Western culture claim Africa as "the center and the redemption of Caribbean culture" Pan-Africanism Negritude and the Currency of Blackness
"Pan-Africanism, Négritude, and the Currency of Blackness"
Davis & Williams - different black movements across the world and importance of this perspective
Worlds of Color
DuBois The shadows/impacts of different countries over where they colonized, the working class was divided so the powerful could win Labor and the color line go hand in hand Shadows of different European countries/ Impacts of colonialism Colonialism=Capitalism Divided Africa by tribal groups Believed we should have working class unity. White working class is poisoned. Capitalism divided the working class so they would not unite and over power them Economic motives of capitalism: raw material cheap labor, markets Anti-colonialism, colonialism does not equal civilization Colonizers claimed they were there to bring civilization to theses "savages" when in fact the Europeans were the Savages
the color line
DuBois: Problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line/ racism
"Induction" Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey Excerpt from Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey
Hollis Lynch Pan Africanist Black solidarity, black internaltionalism Political and economical Black power (Black Star Line) Free American Blacks to Liberia Black nationalism, nation building, and anti-colonialism Separatist UNIA (Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League)1914 One god, one aim, one destiny African independence
The Women's Liberation and Gay Liberation Movement
Huey Newton 1970 Speech should be looking at these movements as allies
Environmental Racism
Human actions that contribute to the degrading environmental conditions for people of color
An End to the Neglect of the Problem of the Negro Woman
Jones, Claudia black womens dienfranchismnet in activism hisotry despite their efforts ignorance towardsour problems
You've Struck a Rock
Kuumba, M. Bahati Contrary to the myth of women as divisive women contributed significantly to: Integrated organizations Parallel organizations Montgomery bus boycott and anti-pass campaign jump started their motivation to be a part of the movements
Letter from a Birmingham Jail
MLK duty to fight against injustice, even if it is a law dissapointment with white moderates
Not Just an American Problem, But A World Problem
Malcom X Americans need to turn civil rights into human rights in order to gain allies "Image making" makes us feel inferior Image of a criminal
Address to the Conference of the Pan-African Freedom Movement of East Central Africa
Nelson Mandela plans to carry out revolutionary struggle in africa outside forces are violent and unrelenting when resisted
Class Struggle in Africa
Nkrumah, Kwame Applied Marxist methodology and philosophy to analyze social, political and economic conditions in Africa Neocolonialism (new form of colonialism) Continue to rule with help of indigenous people often labeled the petty bourgeoisie or civil servants Petty bourgeoisie-Class against proletariat and peasantry Enemy within Need warfare (armed struggle) They will not give up power easily Proletariat and peasantry can come together and fight this Criticized Negritude
What Life Has Taught Me
Selassie, Haile africa will fight from equality until racism and bigotry is ended, peace is resotred
excerpts from Négritude: Black Poetry from Africa and the Caribbean
Shapiro
Foot Soldiers Class of 1964
Spelman class of women fighting for civil rights
A Black Feminist Statement
The Combahee River Collective sexual and racial politics produce a unique struggle black women have the least privilege to leverage in activism
Fire !!
Thurman, Wallace et al., eds., Collection of negro artist during the Harlem renaissance colorism, white people, bisexuality
"Some Questions of Development"
Walter Rodney Explaining why African is underdeveloped from a historical and modern context Defining why Africa's countries were considered "undeveloped." However the correct term to describe is underdevelopment because the developed countries are exploiting it of their resources.
Industrial Democracy
Workers making decisions, sharing responsibility and authority in the workplace.
Négritude
a celebration of blackness highlighting contributions of blacks to Western civilization inspired by intellectuals from the French Caribbean (Aimé Césaire and Léon Damas) as well as Léopold Sedar Senghor (Senegal) Pan-Africanism Negritude and the Currency of Blackness-Darian Davis and Judith Williams
imperialism
a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force
Environmental Justice for All,
how ej impacts us
Pan-Africanism
living movement connecting people of the diaspora on the basis that we have common struggles
"Principles of Environmental Justice"
outlining what environmental justice is and what is demands from us
colonialism
partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically
Industrialism
places of labor, work
Panther Sister on Women's Liberation- September 1969
state of women within the black panthers, fear of splitting movement w gender issue
Thingification
turning people into tools of labor World of Color
Gender-Parallel Movements
women and men assigned different tasks and goals within the same movement
