{"product_id":"9781935554660","title":"Hillbilly Nationalists, Urban Race Rebels, and Black Power: Community Organizing in Radical Times","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE STORY OF SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AND LITTLE-KNOWN ACTIVISTS OF THE 1960s, IN A DEEPLY SOURCED NARRATIVE HISTORY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e The historians of the late 1960s have emphasized the work of a group of white college activists who courageously took to the streets to protest the war in Vietnam and continuing racial inequality. Poor and working-class whites have tended to be painted as spectators, reactionaries, and, even, racists. Most Americans, the story goes, just watched the political movements of the sixties go by.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames Tracy and Amy Sonnie, who have been interviewing activists from the era for nearly ten years, reject this old narrative. They show that poor and working-class radicals, inspired by the Civil Rights movement, the Black Panthers, and progressive populism, started to organize significant political struggles against racism and inequality during the 1960s and 1970s. Among these groups: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e+\u003cb\u003e  JOIN Community Union\u003c\/b\u003e brought together southern migrants, student radicals, and welfare recipients in Chicago to fight for housing, health, and welfare . . . \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e+  The \u003cb\u003eYoung Patriots Organization\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eRising Up Angry\u003c\/b\u003e organized self-identified hillbillies, Chicago greasers, Vietnam vets, and young feminists into a legendary “Rainbow Coalition” with Black and Puerto Rican activists . . .\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e +\u003cb\u003e  \u003c\/b\u003eIn Philadelphia, the \u003cb\u003eOctober 4th Organization\u003c\/b\u003e united residents of industrial Kensington against big business, war, and a repressive police force . . .\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e+ \u003c\/b\u003eIn the Bronx, \u003cb\u003eWhite Lightning\u003c\/b\u003e occupied hospitals and built coalitions with doctors to fight for the rights of drug addicts and the poor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExploring an untold history of the New Left, the book shows how these groups helped to redefine community organizing—and transforms the way we think about a pivotal moment in U.S. history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Melville House Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47048028586224,"sku":"9781935554660","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781935554660_p0.jpg?v=1763656880","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781935554660","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}