Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical ImaginationThis exciting history of renegade intellectuals and artists of the African diaspora throughout the twentieth century begins with the premise that the catalyst for political engagement has rarely been misery, poverty, or oppression. People are drawn to social movement because of hope: their dreams of a new world radically different from the one they inherited. Our imagination may be the most revolutionary tool available to us, and yet we have failed to understand its political importance and recognize it as a powerful social force. With Freedom Dreams, Kelley affirms his place as "a major new voice on the intellectual left" (Frances Fox Piven) and shows us that any serious movement toward freedom must begin in the mind. |
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Contents
Dreams of the New Land | 13 |
Red Dreams of Black Liberation | 36 |
Third World Dreaming | 60 |
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| Title | Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination |
| Authors | Robin D. G. Kelley, Robin D. G Kelley |
| Publisher | Beacon Press, 2002 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Jan 12, 2010 |
| ISBN | 0807009768, 9780807009765 |
| Length | 248 pages |
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