Beschreibung:
The 1967 Arab-Israeli War rocketed the question of Israel and Palestine onto the front pages of American newspapers. Black Power activists saw Palestinians as a kindred people of color, waging the same struggle for freedom and justice as themselves. Soon concerns over the Arab-Israeli conflict spread across mainstream black politics and into the heart of the civil rights movement itself. Black Power and Palestine uncovers why so many African Americans-notably Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and Muhammad Ali, among others-came to support the Palestinians or felt the need to respond to those who did.
1. Black Internationalism: Malcolm X and the Rise of Global Solidarity2. The Fire This Time: SNCC, Jews, and the Demise of the Beloved Community3. Reformers, Not Revolutionaries: The NAACP, Bayard Rustin, and Israel4. Balanced and Guarded: Martin Luther King Jr. on the Arab-Israeli Tightrope5. The Power of Words: The Black Arts Movement and a New Narrative6. Struggle and Revolution: The Black Panthers and the Guerrilla Image7. Middle East Symbiosis: Israelis, Arabs, and African Americans8. Red, White, and Black: Communists, Guerrillas, and the Black Mainstream9. A Seat at the Table: Bayard Rustin, Andrew Young, and Black Foreign Policy10. Looking over Jordan: Joseph Lowery, Jesse Jackson, and Yasir Arafat