The idea for Freedom of Dreams came into fruition before 9-11. A lot of it centered around police violence, the Amrudiyala case was important. The other context that was really important for the 90s is that a lot of the radical movements that emerged in that decade were arrayed against the Clinton administration.
Featuring Robin D.G. Kelley on Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination.
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