Black intellectuals called that period, the late 19th, early 20th century, the nadir of African American history. The federal government was ruling against the right of Black people with Plessy versus Ferguson and all these other Supreme Court rulings,. State governments were supporting white supremacy.
Featuring Robin D.G. Kelley on Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination.
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America as Overlord haymarketbooks.org/books/1958-america-as-overlord
The Men With the Pink Triangle haymarketbooks.org/books/1935-the-men-with-the-pink-triangle