Lazima Tushinde Bila Shaka: H. Rap Brown and the Politics of Revolution

• Other Authors: Cable, John H. (John Henry) (authoraut)
• Format: Others
• Language: English; English
• Published: Florida State University
• Subjects: History; African Americans > Study and teaching
• Online Access: http://purl.flvc.org/fsu/fd/FSU_FA2016_Cable_fsu_0071N_13663

This thesis explores the politics of Black Power leader H. Rap Brown through a genealogical materialist lens. I argue that by addressing class and race as inextricably-bound systems of oppression, Brown synthesized competing ideological strains, the existence of which had long divided black radicals. His anti-capitalist, anti-racist vision located the key ingredients of revolutionary ideology in the experiential knowledge of dispossessed people (of whom he considered black Americans to be the vanguard). As chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, he honed his analysis in a heated political environment characterized by factionalism, violence, paranoia, and state repression. Such factors are taken into account as I seek to contextualize and historicize Brown’s views. === A Thesis submitted to the Department of History in partial fulfillment of the Master of Arts. === Fall Semester 2016. === October 3, 2016. === Black Marxism, Black Power, H. Rap Brown, Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, Nonviolent Action Group, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee === Includes bibliographical references. === Maxine D. Jones, Professor Directing Thesis; Katherine C. Mooney, Committee Member; Robinson Herrera, Committee Member.