EBONY IN EXILE: AN EXAMINATION OF REVOLUTIONARY BLACK AMERICA AND THE CUBAN INFLUENCE 1960s-1980s

Search for this publication on Google Scholar
Willard, J. (2017). EBONY IN EXILE: AN EXAMINATION OF REVOLUTIONARY BLACK AMERICA AND THE CUBAN INFLUENCE 1960s-1980s. Unc Charlotte Electronic Theses And Dissertations.
Download PDF

Abstract

ABSTRACTJOSEPH WILLARD. Ebony in Exile: An Examination of RevolutionaryBlack America and the Cuban Influence 1960s-1980s.(Under the Direction of DR. JURGEN BUCHENAU)In the 1960s Black America began to embrace an ideology of revolution shifting their civil rights movement from a peaceful reformist approach to a platform of self-defense and active revolution. This change was very much influenced by the successes of the Cuban Revolution in 1959 and a relationship was cultivated between a burgeoning revolutionary Black America and a new socialist Cuba. The experiences in Cuba by Black exiles fleeing persecution by the U.S. government and oppressive hate groups like the KKK, infused the growing Black Power Movement with a revolutionary fervor and sparked a complicated relationship that lasted strong for over three decades. Through this interaction between the two radical forces, the language of guerrilla warfare was cultivated in Black America along with an active movement of revolution that promoted freedom, power, and self-love through armed struggle.

Details
Author

Willard, Joseph

Title

EBONY IN EXILE: AN EXAMINATION OF REVOLUTIONARY BLACK AMERICA AND THE CUBAN INFLUENCE 1960s-1980s

Physical Description

1 online resource (128 pages) : PDF

Date

2017

Degree Granting Institution

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Abstract

ABSTRACTJOSEPH WILLARD. Ebony in Exile: An Examination of RevolutionaryBlack America and the Cuban Influence 1960s-1980s.(Under the Direction of DR. JURGEN BUCHENAU)In the 1960s Black America began to embrace an ideology of revolution shifting their civil rights movement from a peaceful reformist approach to a platform of self-defense and active revolution. This change was very much influenced by the successes of the Cuban Revolution in 1959 and a relationship was cultivated between a burgeoning revolutionary Black America and a new socialist Cuba. The experiences in Cuba by Black exiles fleeing persecution by the U.S. government and oppressive hate groups like the KKK, infused the growing Black Power Movement with a revolutionary fervor and sparked a complicated relationship that lasted strong for over three decades. Through this interaction between the two radical forces, the language of guerrilla warfare was cultivated in Black America along with an active movement of revolution that promoted freedom, power, and self-love through armed struggle.

Genre

masters theses

Subjects--Topics

Area studies
African Americans--Study and teaching
Ethnicity--Study and teaching

Subjects--Places

Latin America

Degree

M.A.

Keywords

African American
Black Power
Cuba
Ideology
Language
Revolution

Subject Area

History

Advisor(s)

Buchenau, Jurgen

Committee Members

Ramsey, Sonya
De La Torre Cueva, Oscar

Degree Note

Thesis (M.A.)--University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2017.

Rights Statement

This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s). For additional information, see http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/.

Rights Holder Information

Copyright is held by the author unless otherwise indicated.

Identifier

Willard_uncc_0694N_11420

Permalink

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13093/etd:997