{"product_id":"harambee-city-nishani-frazier-9781682260180","title":"Harambee City: The Congress of Racial Equality in Cleveland and the Rise of Black Power Populism","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBLACK POWER!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was a phrase that consumed the American imagination in the 1960s and 70s and inspired a new agenda for black freedom. Dynamic and transformational, the black power movement embodied more than media stereotypes of gun-toting, dashiki-wearing black radicals; the movement opened new paths to equality through political and economic empowerment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eHarambee City\u003c\/i\u003e, Nishani Frazier chronicles the rise and fall of black power within the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) by exploring the powerful influence of the Cleveland CORE chapter. Frazier explores the ways that black Clevelanders began to espouse black power ideals including black institution building, self-help, and self-defense. These ideals challenged CORE's philosophy of interracial brotherhood and nonviolent direct action, spawning ideological ambiguities in the Cleveland chapter. Later, as Cleveland CORE members rose to national prominence in the organization, they advocated an open embrace of black power and encouraged national CORE to develop a notion of black community uplift that emphasized economic populism over political engagement. Not surprisingly, these new empowerment strategies found acceptance in Cleveland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy providing an understanding of the tensions between black power and the mainstream civil rights movement as they manifested themselves as both local and national forces, Harambee City sheds new light on how CORE became one of the most dynamic civil rights organizations in the black power era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nishani Frazier\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1682260186\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781682260180\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Arkansas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/28\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.30w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2017","brand":"Nishani Frazier","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48449964474623,"sku":"9781682260180","price":42.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_77db2ccd-05c8-4530-b30d-62e12a20c05d.jpg?v=1777265667","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/harambee-city-nishani-frazier-9781682260180","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}