Black Power

Name: Black Power
Author: Unknown Author
ISBN: 9780517451113

by Unknown Author

198 pages1999Random House Value PublishingISBN 9780517451113

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About this book

**Black Power: The Politics of Liberation** is a 1967 book co-authored by Stokely Carmichael (later known as Kwame Ture) and political scientist Charles V. Hamilton. The work defines Black Power, presents insights into the roots of racism in the United States and suggests a means of reforming the traditional political process for the future. Published originally as *Black Power: The Politics of Liberation in America*, the book has become a staple work produced during the Civil Rights Movement and Black Power movement. (Source: [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Power:_The_Politics_of_Liberation))

Publication Details

Publisher: Random House Value Publishing
Published: 1999
Pages: 198
ISBN: 9780517451113

About Unknown Author

Kwame Ture was a Trinidad-born, u.s.-raised Pan-Africanist & revolutionary socialist. He first gained prominence under his birth name, Stokely Carmichael, as a civil rights activist with SNCC in the 1960s; his politics became revolutionary & internationalist with the emergence of the Black Power movement. From the late 1960s, he moved to Guinea-Conakry, formed the All-African People's Revolutionary Party (A-APRP), & changed his name to Kwame Ture in honor of [Kwame Nkrumah](/authors/OL267708A) & [Sékou Touré](/authors/OL480665A). He remained politically active up to his death; his co-authored book with [Charles V. Hamilton](/authors/OL643354A), *Black Power*, was [republished during his lifetime](/books/OL1746457M/) under his chosen name.