Drawing on deep archival research and interviews, Jeffrey O. G. Ogbar reconsiders the commingled stories of the Nation of Islam, Black Panthers, and mainstream civil rights leaders. He finds that black nationalism was more favorably received among African Americans than historians have previously acknowledged, concluding that Black Power had more lasting cultural consequences among African Americans than the civil rights movement.
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Drawing on deep archival research and interviews, Jeffrey O. G. Ogbar reconsiders the commingled stories of the Nation of Islam, Black Panthers, and mainstream civil rights leaders. He finds that black nationalism was more favorably received among African Americans than historians have previously acknowledged, concluding that Black Power had more lasting cultural consequences among African Americans than the civil rights movement.
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