""When you say, 'Black is Beautiful, ' what in fact you are saying. is: Man, you are okay as you are; begin to look upon yourself as a human being." With such statements, Stephen Biko became the voice of Black Consciousness. And with Biko's brutal death in the custody of the Sou…
When George M. Fredrickson published White Supremacy: A Comparative Study in American and South African History, he met universal acclaim. David Brion Davis, writing in The New York Times Book Review, called it ""one of the most brilliant and successful studies in comparative hi…
"In Black Liberation, George Fredrickson offers a fascinating account of how blacks in the United States and South Africa came to grips with the challenge of white supremacy. He reveals a rich history - not merely of parallel developments, but of an intricate, transatlantic web …
Black Liberation focuses on the efforts of African Americans and South African blacks to combat the domination of white people in American and South African society. Starting in the 1860s, it follows the emancipation of slaves after the Civil War, and ends with the conclusion of…
