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Kopano  \nAmiri Baraka and the Congress of African People: History and Memory By Michael Simanga  \nAmiri Baraka and the Congress of African People  \nHistory and Memory  \nMichael Simanga  \nAMIRI BARAKA AND THE CONGRESS OF AFRICAN PEOPLE Copyright © Michael Simanga, 2015.  \nSoftcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2015  \nAll rights reserved.  \nFirst published in 2015 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN®  \nin the United States—a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010.  \nWhere this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS.  \nPalgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world.  \nPalgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries.  \nISBN 978-1-349-29429-9 ISBN 978-1-137-08065-3 (eBook)  \nDOI 10. 1007/978-1-137-08065-3  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available from the Library of Congress.  \nA catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library.  \nDesign by Newgen Knowledge Works (P) Ltd., Chennai, India. First edition: February 2015  \n10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1  \nFor the women and men of the Congress of African People  \nContents  \nAcknowledgments ix  \nList of Abbreviations xiii  \nIntroduction 1  \n1 Born into the Storm 9  \n2 Black Power: The Context of CAP 27  \n3 The Founding of CAP and Emergence of Amiri Baraka as a National Political Leader 33  \n4 The Black Arts Movemen","cbCaiuIUZJB3GJCi","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiuIUZJB3GJCi","pdf",1907085,196,"English","# Contents\n## Introduction\n## 1 Born into the Storm\n## 2 Black Power: The Context of CAP\n## 3 The Founding of CAP and Emergence of Amiri Baraka as a National Political Leader\n## 4 The Black Arts Movement and CAP\n## 5 Ideology and Ideological Development\n## 6 Maulana Karenga, Amiri Baraka, and Kawaida\n## 7 Amina Baraka and the Women in CAP\n## 8 Revolutionary Kawaida\n## 9 CAP and the United Front\n## 10 Transition to Marxism\n## 11 Black Marxist-Leninists and the New Communist Movement\n## 12 Transformed\n## 13 Lessons\n## Appendix A: Organizations Represented at the Founding Meeting of the Congress of African People\n## Appendix B: Congress of African People Chapters in 1975\n## Appendix C: Programmatic Statement of Black Panther Party\n## Appendix D: Republic of New Africa Declaration of Independence—1968\n## Appendix E: Congress of African Peoples Ideological Statement—1970\n## Appendix F: National Black Agenda: Black Candidate Pledge 1972\n## Bibliography\n## Index","[{\"question\":\"What is the book’s main focus regarding CAP?\",\"answer\":\"The book centers on the Congress of African People (CAP), tracing its founding, ideological development, and political and cultural evolution.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the book connect Amiri Baraka to CAP?\",\"answer\":\"It follows Baraka’s emergence as a national political leader and examines how his ideas and involvement relate to CAP’s trajectory, including intersections with the Black Arts Movement.\"},{\"question\":\"Which later ideological shift does the book discuss?\",\"answer\":\"The contents indicate coverage of a transition to Marxism and the role of Black Marxist-Leninists and the new communist movement.\"}]","Amiri Baraka and the Congress of African People - History and Memory | PDF",1789771178,302]