The most comprehensive account available of the rise and fall of the Black Power Movement and of its dramatic transformation of both African-American and larger American culture. With a gift for storytelling and an ear for street talk; William Van Deburg chronicles a decade of deep change; from the armed struggles of the Black Panther party to the cultural nationalism of artists and writers creating a new aesthetic. Van Deburg contends that although its tactical gains were sometimes short-lived; the Black Power movement did succeed in making a revolution—one in culture and consciousness—that has changed the context of race in America."New Day in Babylon is an extremely intelligent synthesis; a densely textured evocation of one of American history's most revolutionary transformations in ethnic group consciousness."—Bob Blauner; New York TimesWinner of the Gustavus Myers Center Outstanding Book Award; 1993
#494393 in Books 2007-04-15 2003-10-03Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.00 x .70 x 6.00l; .85 #File Name: 0226674339232 pages
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Both sad and brutal accounts of the conflict....By D. AlderA sad reminder of the savageries of war. This book includes personal accounts; some graphic in their descriptions of events; as well as the author's insight into the events. Politkovskaya's writing often makes reference to the brutality and corruption of Russian soldiers during this conflict. The author was later shot and killed - also reminding us of how speaking out against others can have terrible consequences.3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Hells CornerBy Michael GriswoldWhen life is war and war is life; what else do people know? Anna Politkovskaya takes the reader for a non faint of heart journey through the streets of Chechnya- a war torn republic in the North Cuscus. Maybe it was the writing style; but everything just seemed to blend together into a gray portrait of death and survival without dignity. There are no winners Chechen or Russian within the context of Politkovskaya's book. Not even officers of the Russian army as profiled in one of the last stories she tells. War spares no victims and often regenerates itself in the form of a youth who've known nothing but war; replenishing the cycle of war. It's unfortunate that Politkovskaya could not have broken up her stories a little more because though she does a good job of profiling the people of war; much of it is lost in this swirling vortex of near-ending graying death and war.3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Why Chechnyans are pissed off!!By Norma VazquezI am familiar with the writings of this Author and; Iwas interested in the subject matter she wrote about. The writer is a famous Russian Journalist who has done a lot of reporting about the war and everyday human conditions of the Chechnyan people.It is suspected that she angered someone either in the Russian military or Government with her honest reporting about the experience and human indignities of these people during the war as she was assasinated years ago outside her home in Russia.Anyone who is interested in Russian politics and modern history;would enjoy this book.
