cc In light of the recent inauguration of Barack Obama as president of the US and subsequent reflection on contributors to the black movement in African American history, Lincoln Van Sluytman questions the exclusion of militant voices, which he says played a profound and historical role in making Obama’s victory possible. Van Sluytman argues for the recognition of influential ...read more
cc In light of the recent inauguration of Barack Obama as president of the US and subsequent reflection on contributors to the black movement in African American history, Lincoln Van Sluytman questions the exclusion of militant voices, which he says played a profound and historical role in making Obama’s victory possible. Van Sluytman argues for the recognition of influential black leaders who attacked slavery, racial segregation, and the development of pan-African congresses through militant tendencies. The struggle for liberation, independence, and social justice throughout the African American historical trajectory, he says, has been marked by controversial yet mobilising ideologies and philosophies, which have had an impact on the black population in the US and upon many others worldwide.
