Bush, Roderick D

We are not what we seem : Black nationalism and class struggle in the American century / Rod Bush. - c1999 - xiii, 314 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-303) and index.

The contemporary crisis -- Nothing but a Black thing? The Black freedom struggle in context -- The Washington-Du Bois conflict: African American social movements in the "Age of imperialism," 1890-World War I -- World War I and the deepening and blackening of American radicalism -- From the Great Depression to World War II: the recomposition of White-Black alliance -- The American century: labor peace, hegemony, and civil rights -- The crisis of U.S. hegemony and the transformation from civil rights to Black liberation -- The future of black liberation and social change in the United States

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African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century.
Black nationalism--History--United States--20th century.
African Americans--Politics and government.
Social classes--History--United States--20th century.


United States--Race relations.

E185.61 / .B98 1999