The Challenge of Blackness: The Institute of the Black World and Political Activism in the 1970s

by Derrick E. White

The Challenge of Blackness examines the history and legacy of the Institute of the Black World (IBW), one of the most important Black Freedom Struggle organizations to emerge in the aftermath of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
A think tank based in Atlanta, the IBW sought to answer King's question "Where do we go from here?" Its solution was to organize a broad array of leading Black activists, scholars, and intellectuals...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813044448
• ISBN13: 9780813044446
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: University Press of Florida
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"