Hillbilly Nationalists, Urban Race Rebels, and Black Power: Community Organizing in Radical Times

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He has edited two activist handbooks for Manic D Press: Over ten years, Sonnie and Tracy have collected rare documents and conducted interviews to fill a long-missing piece of social movement history. Focusing on the s—70s and touching on issues just as relevant today, these authors challenge the Left not to ignore white America, while challenging white America to recognize its allegiance to humanity and justice, rather than the bankrupt promises of conservative politicians.

Davis, author of Abolition Democracy: Beyond Prison, Torture, and Empire. Amy Sonnie and James Tracy prove these assumptions wrong, excavating a forgotten history of poor white folks who, in alliance with black nationalists, built a truly radical movement for social justice, economic power, and racial and gender equality. Open Preview See a Problem? Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. James Tracy Goodreads Author. Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz Foreword By. Community Organizing in Radical Times 4. Poor and working-class whites have tended to be painted as spectators, reactionaries, and, even, racists.

Most Americans, the story goes, just watched the political movements of the sixties go by. James Tracy and Amy Sonnie, who have been interviewing activists from the era for nearly ten years, reject this old narrative. They show that poor and working-class radicals, inspired by the Civil Rights movement, the Black Panthers, and progressive populism, started to organize significant political struggles against racism and inequality during the s and s. Exploring an untold history of the New Left, the book shows how these groups helped to redefine community organizing—and transforms the way we think about a pivotal moment in U.

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Published September 16th by Melville House first published January 1st To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. Lists with This Book. Apr 25, Dan Sharber rated it it was amazing Shelves: View all 9 comments. Sep 28, Paul Oliver rated it it was amazing.

An important and timely history of poor white activists working to bridge racial and economic barriers in the prime of the civil rights movement. It's hard to imagine a time where impoverished and geographically displaced Appalachian whites were able to set-aside centuries of institutionalized racism in order to work alongside groups like the Black Panthers and the Puerto Rican Young Lords.

Hillbilly Nationalists is thoroughly researched and annotated, yet still provides exactly the kind of inspir An important and timely history of poor white activists working to bridge racial and economic barriers in the prime of the civil rights movement. Hillbilly Nationalists is thoroughly researched and annotated, yet still provides exactly the kind of inspiration working class Americans need to reform their misplaced faith in Tea Party politics. Oct 16, Victoria Law rated it it was amazing.

Given today's various "occupy" movements and the overwhelming amount of White privilege and perhaps class privilege , a book on Whites organizing against both racism and classism is really sorely needed. Apr 28, Alan Mills rated it liked it. This is really two books. The last section is a much briefer, less detail rich account of similar work in New York and Philadelphia at about the same time.

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These latter sections lack the rich local detail of the first part of the book, and the reader gets the feeling that the authors did not h This is really two books. These latter sections lack the rich local detail of the first part of the book, and the reader gets the feeling that the authors did not have nearly the same number of interviews and documentary record that they had for Uptown. The first portion of the book--focused on Uptown was both fascinating, and disappointing.

Roger Ebert once said that no one can enjoy a movie shot in their own dining room because all they will see is the flaws in the wallpaper. Maybe that was my problem with Hillbilly Nationalists. I have worked in Uptown since a few years after this account stops--at the Uptown People's Law Center, a store-front legal clinic much like the one described in the book. I know several of the people from Uptown described in the book. But his presentation of the so called fracturing of the left in Uptown--which is where the book stops its account--is woefully incomplete.

Many people picked up the struggle right where the book stops--and are still there today. This effort has reshaped Uptown, with a core of progressive, low income people of all races and ethnic groups and sexual orientation , all willing and able to fight for their community. Just this past weekend, the community banded together to fight against school closings.

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The group included students, artists, teachers, and poor people, Black, White, Latino, Asian, African, and many more. Many had lived here for decades, and in some cases families included three generations who attended the same local school. This history of struggle has resulted in a community unique in Chicago--if not the entire country. The few short years described here were only a beginning, not an ending. The remainder of the story needs to be told. Oct 18, Angela rated it it was amazing Shelves: I learned a ton about 60s and 70s activism that focused on class, in addition to race and gender, issues.

If you have even the slightest interest in social justice but have never heard of Peggy Terry, Dovie Coleman, or Mike James as I had not , you gotta read this. Jun 26, m. This was great, and fills a pretty critical vacuum. But it felt rushed at times, and I feel like I finished wanting a similar-length book that could be focused just on the history and internal dynamics Rising Up Angry. Oct 30, Benjamin rated it it was amazing Shelves: I had seen the white dudes with confederate flag patches hanging with the Panthers in the film "The Murder of Fred Hampton" and I knew that they were Okies and Hillbillies living in Chicago slums and that was enough to make me want to read this.

But there's way more to this small book than just those cats, the Young Patriots. We also learn about their political ancestors, the Jobs Or Income Now organization that came out of SDS's ERAP, and white working class rebels in related groups in Chicago, I had seen the white dudes with confederate flag patches hanging with the Panthers in the film "The Murder of Fred Hampton" and I knew that they were Okies and Hillbillies living in Chicago slums and that was enough to make me want to read this.

These kinds of groups, hopefully this time without the confederate flag, are exactly what the US needs now: It's all so damn important and yet so freaking invisible! Feb 16, Lisa rated it it was amazing. I really enjoyed this book, not least because it provides a history of white working-class radical organizing across racial divides - but also because it was, by and large, situated in Chicago, although the book also discusses organizing that went on in Kensington, PA, Oregon, and to a lesser extent, New York.

Challenging the Right for the allegiance of white workers, a diverse network of new political groups helped to redefine community organizing at a pivotal moment in the history of the United States, collaborating with their better known colleagues in SDS and the Black Panthers. These organizations kept the vision of an interracial movement of the poor alive by working arm in arm with Dr. Martin Luther King and the Puerto Rican Young Lords and, in so doing, gave rise to a generation of community organizers. In the best tradition of people's history, Tracy and Sonnie bring these diverse and groundbreaking movements alive.

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