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Bayard Rustin: The Panthers Couldn't Save Us Then Either
Reed, Adolph Jr.
http://nonsite.org/bayard-rustin-the-panthers-couldnt-save-us-then-either/Date Written: 2023-01-08 Publisher: Nonsite Year Published: 2023 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX24817 Bayard Rustin's commentary between 1965 and 1975 on race, class, and politics in the U.S. was sharply insightful and can be read profitably for cultivating a nuanced understanding of the crucial period between the victories won by the civil rights movement and institutional consolidation of the ethnic interest-group regime generally known as 'black politics.' Abstract: - Excerpt: Bayard Rustin's commentary between 1965 and 1975 on race, class, and politics in the U.S. was sharply insightful and can be read profitably for cultivating a nuanced understanding of the crucial period between the victories won by the civil rights movement and institutional consolidation of the ethnic interest-group regime generally known as 'black politics.' To the extent that naïve, inadequate, simplistic, or simply wrong narratives concerning that political moment figure significantly into current formulations of black political life, engaging with Rustin's critiques can be a helpful corrective to mistaken or shallow assessments regarding the present as well as the past. Subject Headings |