{"product_id":"radicalism-at-the-crossroads","title":"Radicalism at the Crossroads","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith the exception of a few iconic moments such as Rosa Parks’s 1955 refusal to move to the back of a Montgomery bus, we hear little about what black women activists did prior to 1960. Perhaps this gap is due to the severe repression that radicals of any color in America faced as early as the 1930s, and into the Red Scare of the 1950s. To be radical, and black and a woman was to be forced to the margins and consequently, these women’s stories have been deeply buried and all but forgotten by the general public and historians alike. \u003cbr\u003e\nIn this exciting work of historical recovery, Dayo F. Gore unearths\u003cbr\u003e\nand examines a dynamic, extended network of black\u003cbr\u003e\nradical women during the early Cold War, including established\u003cbr\u003e\nCommunist Party activists such as Claudia Jones,\u003cbr\u003e\nartists and writers such as Beulah Richardson, and lesser known\u003cbr\u003e\norganizers such as Vicki Garvin and Thelma Dale.\u003cbr\u003e\nThese women were part of a black left that laid much of\u003cbr\u003e\nthe groundwork for both the Civil Rights Movement of the\u003cbr\u003e\n1960s and later strains of black radicalism. Radicalism at\u003cbr\u003e\nthe Crossroads offers a sustained and in-depth analysis of\u003cbr\u003e\nthe political thought and activism of black women radicals\u003cbr\u003e\nduring the Cold War period and adds a new dimension to\u003cbr\u003e\nour understanding of this tumultuous time in United States\u003cbr\u003e\nhistory.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Product","offer_id":54222695367000,"sku":"9780814770115","price":28.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780814770115__677315fd9cfb1.jpg?v=1741160438","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/radicalism-at-the-crossroads","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}