No Coward Soldiers: Black Cultural Politics in Postwar America

No Coward Soldiers: Black Cultural Politics in Postwar America (The Nathan I. Huggins Lectures)

In a vibrant and passionate exploration of the twentieth-century civil rights and black power eras in American history, Martin uses cultural politics as a lens through which to understand the African-American freedom struggle. In the transformative postwar period, the intersection between culture and politics became increasingly central to the African-American fight for equality. In freedom songs, in the exuberance of an Aretha Franklin concert, in Faith Ringgold's exploration of race and sexuality, the personal and social became the political.

No Coward Soldiers: Black Cultural Politics in Postwar America (The Nathan I. Huggins Lectures)