Black Power beyond Borders The Global Dimensions of the Black Power Movement

Black Power burst out of nowhere in 1966 - a saga of pride, anger, and violence that threatened the civil rights movement and challenged the very fabric of America. Or at least that's how it seemed to many Americans. The story of Black Power is older, richer, and more global than many recognize. In'Black Power Beyond Borders' , famous figures like Stevie Wonder and the Black Panthers emerge in a new light alongside lesser known organizations like the Polynesian Panthers. From Harlem and Oakland to India and Israel, Black Power inspired movements that challenged boundaries throughout the world.

Nico Slate is an assistant professor of History at Carnegie Mellon University. He is the author of Colored Cosmopolitanism: The Shared Struggle for Freedom in the United States and India (2012).

The Borders of Black Power—Nico Slate
Part I: The Roots of Black Power
Rethinking Radicalism: African Americans and the Liberation Struggles in Somalia, Libya, and Eritrea, 1945-1949—Carol Anderson
The Activism of George McCray: Confluence and Conflict of Pan-Africanism and Transnational Labor Solidarity—Yevette Richards
When the Panther Travels: Race and the Southern Diaspora in the History of the BPP, 1964 – 1972— Donna Murch
Part II: The Panthers Abroad
The Black Panthers of Israel and the Politics of the Radical Analogy—Oz Frankel
The Polynesian Panthers and The Black Power: Surviving Racism and Colonialism in Aotearoa New Zealand—Robbie Shilliam
The Dalit Panthers: Race, Caste, and Black Power in India—Nico Slate
Part III: The Power in Black Power
'They've lynched our savior, Lumumba in the old fashion Southern Style': The Conscious Internationalism of American Black Nationalism—Yohuru Williams
From Black Power to a Revolution of Values: Grace Lee Boggs and the Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.—Scott Kurashige
Music is a World: Stevie Wonder and the Sound of Black Power—Kevin Gaines