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Free Radical: Ernest Chambers, Black Power, and the Politics of Race
Tekla Agbala Ali Johnson
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paperback. Series: Plains Histories Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBNN; 3JJP; 3JM; BGH; JFSL3; JPR; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Amid the deadly racial violence of the 1960s, an unassuming student from a fundamentalist Christian home in Omaha emerged as a leader and nationally recognized black activist. Ernest Chambers, elected to the Nebraska State Legislature in 1970, eventually became one of the most powerful legislators the state has ever known. Omaha native Tekla Agbala Ali Johnson illuminates his embattled career as a fiercely independent defender of the downtrodden.
Tracing the growth of the Black Power Movement in Nebraska and throughout the US, Johnson discovers its unprecedented emphasis on electoral politics. For the first time since Reconstruction, voters catapulted hundreds ... Read more
Amid the deadly racial violence of the 1960s, an unassuming student from a fundamentalist Christian home in Omaha emerged as a leader and nationally recognized black activist. Ernest Chambers, elected to the Nebraska State Legislature in 1970, eventually became one of the most powerful legislators the state has ever known. Omaha native Tekla Agbala Ali Johnson illuminates his embattled career as a fiercely independent defender of the downtrodden.
Tracing the growth of the Black Power Movement in Nebraska and throughout the US, Johnson discovers its unprecedented emphasis on electoral politics. For the first time since Reconstruction, voters catapulted hundreds ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Texas Tech University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Series
Plains Histories Series
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Texas, United States
ISBN
9780896729834
SKU
V9780896729834
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About Tekla Agbala Ali Johnson
Tekla Agbala Ali Johnson, born in North Omaha, Nebraska, is the professional public historian at the Southern Preservation Center in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Reviews for Free Radical: Ernest Chambers, Black Power, and the Politics of Race
Johnson’s analysis . . . puts Chambers’ career into context with those of other significant civil rights leaders on the state and national scenes. It also draws parallels between Chambers’ beliefs and those of international philosophers who studied colonialism and oppression.—Omaha.com