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NYU PRESS {Keep reading.} ORDER TODAY! SPECIAL DISCOUNT! “This story of Black social move- We Are Not What We Seem ments in the U.S., as seen from Black Nationalism and Class the inside by a theoretically sophis- Struggle in the American Century ticated and committed analyst, is mandatory reading.” RODERICK D. BUSH IMMANUEL WALLERSTEIN Much has been written about the Black Power movement in the United States. Most of this “A crucially important and incisive work, however, tends to focus on the person- work on the Black Power movement, alities of the movement. In We Are Not What its aftermath and its antecedents. We Seem, Roderick D. Bush takes a fresh look By not treating race and class an an at Black Power and other African American so- ‘either/or’ proposition, Rod Bush of- cial movements with a specific emphasis on the fers a new perspective on the class basis of antiracist and Black nation- role of the urban poor in the struggle for Black alist movements. Bush has given rights. us one of the most comprehensive analyses of the current crisis of Bush traces the trajectory of African Ameri- Black leadership that I’ve read in a can social movements from the time Booker T. very long time.” Washington to the present, providing an inte- grated discussion of class. He addresses ques- ROBIN D. G. KELLEY tions crucial to any understanding of Black politics: Is the Black Power movement simply another version of the traditional American ethnic politics, or does it have wider social im- port? What role has the federal government played in implicitly grooming social conserva- tives like Louis Farrakhan to assume leadership positions as opposed to leftist, grassroots, class-oriented leaders? Bush avoids the traditional liberal and social democratic approaches in favor of a more universalistic perspective that offers new insights into the history of Black movements in the U.S. NYU PRESS ORDER FORM SPECIAL DISCOUNT! PROMO CODE: BUS14 QTY. TITLE • AUTHOR ISBN PRICE _____ We Are Not What We Seem [paper] • Bush 978-0-8147-1318-1 $25.00 each $18.75 PAYMENT SUBTOTAL _______________________ q Check enclosed (Payable to New York University Press) TAX* _____________________ q Please charge $ ___________ to my: q Visa q Mastercard q American Express q Discover SHIPPING** ___________________ Account # ___________________________________________ Exp. Date _____________________ TOTAL _____________________ 3 or 4-digit authorization code on the back of your charge card ____________________________ Signature _______________________________________________________________________ * NY (8.375%) and PA (6%) residents please include appropriate sales tax. Print name _____________________________________________________________________ ** Domestic shipping and handling: $6.00 for the first book, Address ________________________________________________________________________ $1.00 for each additional book per order. City, State, Zip __________________________________________________________________ *** Promo code expires in 30 days. When placing an online order, E-mail _________________________________________________________________________ please apply promo code at checkout. SEND ORDERS TO: Phone _________________________________________________________________________ NYU Press, 838 Broadway, 3rd floor New York, NY 10003-4812 Phone: (800) 996-6987 / Fax: (212) 995-3833 [email protected] Sign up to receive monthly e-announcements at www.nyupress.org!.

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