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African Socialism
Author_David Romine
Biography
Black Cultural Left
Black Freedom Struggle
Black Nationalism
Black Power
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
Forbes Burnham
Ghana
Guyana
Haiti
Harlem Writer's Guild
Harlem Writer’s Guild
Julian Mayfield
Kwame Nkrumah
Mae Mallory
Monroe
Pan-Africanism
Paul Robeson
post-war Black writers
Puerto Rico
Robert F. Williams
The Hit
Uptight
USA Communist Party
Product details
- ISBN 9781469685137
- Dimensions: 155 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 03 Jun 2025
- Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Unlike his more well-known contemporaries such as Malcolm X and Maya Angelou, Julian Hudson Mayfield (1928–1984) has remained on the periphery of mainstream historical narratives. Yet his extensive intellectual archive has been a vital resource for historians exploring Black radicalism. By centering Mayfield's lived experiences across five decades and four continents, this book offers a unique lens into the complex intersections of Black communism, Black nationalism, and Black internationalism during the Cold War era.
Something to Do with Power highlights the importance of Mayfield's story of mutual interest and solidarity in shaping literary and political activism, offering a fresh examination of the Black left's role in American culture. His legacy as a writer, propagandist, and artist committed to resisting the domination of white supremacy underscores his significant, though underappreciated, contribution to American history.
Something to Do with Power highlights the importance of Mayfield's story of mutual interest and solidarity in shaping literary and political activism, offering a fresh examination of the Black left's role in American culture. His legacy as a writer, propagandist, and artist committed to resisting the domination of white supremacy underscores his significant, though underappreciated, contribution to American history.
David Romine is lecturer of history at Winston-Salem State University.
