Faith in Black Power (eBook)

Religion, Race, and Resistance in Cairo, Illinois

Kerry Pimblott (Autor)

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2017
336 Seiten
The University Press of Kentucky (Verlag)
978-0-8131-6890-6 (ISBN)

Infos

In 1969, nineteen-year-old Robert Hunt was found dead in the Cairo, Illinois, police station. The white authorities ruled the death a suicide, but many members of the African American community believed that Hunt had been murdereda sentiment that sparked rebellions and protests across the city. Cairo suddenly emerged as an important battleground for black survival in America and became a focus for many civil rights groups, including the NAACP. The United Front, a black power organization founded and led by Reverend Charles Koen, also mobilizedthanks in large part to the support of local Christian congregations.In this vital reassessment of the impact of religion on the black power movement, Kerry Pimblott presents a nuanced discussion of the ways in which black churches supported and shaped the United Front. She deftly challenges conventional narratives of the de-Christianization of the movement, revealing that Cairoites embraced both old-time religion and revolutionary thought. Not only did the faithful fund the mass direct-action strategies of the United Front, but activists also engaged the literature on black theology, invited theologians to speak at their rallies, and sent potential leaders to train at seminaries. Pimblott also investigates the impact of female leaders on the organization and their influence on young activists, offering new perspectives on the hypermasculine image of black power.Based on extensive primary research, this groundbreaking book contributes to and complicates the history of the black freedom struggle in America. It not only adds a new element to the study of African American religion but also illuminates the relationship between black churches and black politics during this tumultuous era.

Autor

Kerry L. Pimblott is lecturer in American history at the University of Manchester.

Inhalt

Introduction
On Jordan's Banks: The Origins of Community, Faith, and Struggle in Cairo
Redemptive Love, Vigilante Terror and Rebellion: Cairo in the Civil Rights Cauldron
From the Seminary to the Streets: Grassroots Black Theology and the Forging of a United Front
Straight from the Offering Plate: Church Resources and the New Black Power Coalition
The Recession of National Spirit: The Decline of the Cairo Black Power Movement
Conclusion

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.1.2017
• Reihe/Serie: Civil Rights and the Struggle for Black Equality in the Twentieth Century
• Reihe/Serie: Civil Rights and the Struggle for Black Equality in the Twentieth Century
• Zusatzinfo: 12 b&w illustrations
• Verlagsort: Lexington
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► 20. Jahrhundert bis 1945
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: Black Power • Black theology • Cairo, Illinois • Grassroots • Grassroots activism • micro donation • Primary Sources • Racial Justice • radicalized clergy • Social Justice • Social Movement • Transformative Justice
• ISBN-10: 0-8131-6890-2 / 0813168902
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8131-6890-6 / 9780813168906