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"We Can't Grow Food on All This Concrete": The Land Question, Agrarianism, and Black Nationalist Thought in the Late 1960s and 1970s.

Authors :
Rickford, Russell
Source :
Journal of American History; Mar2017, Vol. 103 Issue 4, p956-980, 25p
Publication Year :
2017

Abstract

The article discusses U.S. black nationalist philosophy during the late 1960s and 1970s, including in regard to the question of land tenure. The African American black power movement's concept of the rural agrarian society ideal in the U.S. Southern States, including the aspects of nostalgia in the agrarian ideal, is discussed.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00218723
Volume :
103
Issue :
4
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Journal of American History
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
121463081
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jaw506