Prison power : how prison influenced the movement for Black liberation / Lisa M. Corrigan.

"In the Black liberation movement, imprisonment emerged a key rhetorical, theoretical, and media resource as activists developed tactics and ideology to counter white supremacy. As a site for both political and personal transformation, Lisa Corrigan underscores how imprisonment shaped movement leade...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Corrigan, Lisa M. (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2016]
Series:	Race, rhetoric, and media series.
Subjects:	African Americans > Civil rights > History > 20th century. Civil rights movements > United States > History > 20th century. Black power > United States > History > 20th century. African American men > Effect of imprisonment on > History > 20th century. Imprisonment > Political aspects > United States > History > 20th century. African Americans > Politics and government > 20th century. United States > Race relations > History > 20th century. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Civil Rights. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology.
Physical Description:	xi, 197 pages ; 24 cm.
Format:	Book

Contents:

Chapter 1: Prison Power : Speaking and Writing Black Resistance
Chapter 2: Producing the Black Badman : The Politics of SNCC in the Era of Rap Brown
Chapter 3: Competing Masculinities : Police Brutality, Prison Brutality, and Black Heroes
Chapter 4: Recovering Black Identity and History, Feminizing and Regenerating Black Power.