 | Black Movements in America Subjects: Humanities; Politics & International Relations; Social Sciences; U.S. Politics; Sociology & Social Policy; History; Government; American History; Protest Movements; African American Politics; Race & Ethnic Studies; Cedric Robinson traces the emergence of Black political cultures in the United States from slave resistances in the 16th and 17th centuries to the civil rights movements of the present. Drawing on the historical record, he argues that Blacks have constructed both a culture of resistance and a culture of accommodation based on the radically different experiences of slaves and free Blacks. Cedric J. Robinson is a Professor of Black Studies and Political Science at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His published works include Black Marxism (1983) and The Terms of Order (1980). |
