Organize your Own : The Politics and Poetics of Self-Determination Movements

Romero, Anthony; Tucker, Daniel; Nowak, Mark; Phillips, Rasheedah and et alii. Organize your Own : The Politics and Poetics of Self-Determination Movements. Chicago, IL: Soberscove, 2016.

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Abstract (English)

"Fifty years ago, Stokely Carmichael, the leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) made a historic call: “One of the most disturbing things about almost all white supporters of the movement has been that they are afraid to go into their own communities–which is where the racism exists–and work to get rid of it. They want to run from Berkeley to tell us what to do in Mississippi; let them look instead at Berkeley…. Let them go to the suburbs and open up freedom schools for whites.”

Organize Your Own: The Politics and Poetics of Self-Determination Movements features new work by contemporary artists, poets, and writers that relates to the Black Power movement’s mandate to “organize your own” community against racism. Exploring the question of what “your own” might mean, this book connects some of the concerns dealt with in the 1960s and ’70s to the conversations and social movements around racial justice happening today. Far from an historical account, Organize Your Own documents and expands upon an exhibition and event series of the same name that took place in Chicago and Philadelphia in early 2016." -- Publisher's website.

Types: Anthologies, essays, collections
All Contributors: Romero, Anthony (Editor); Romero, Anthony (Author); Tucker, Daniel (Author); Nowak, Mark (Author); Phillips, Rasheedah (Author); et alii
Dossier: 700 - ART ET POLITIQUE / ART AND POLITICS
Collation: 247 pages : colour illustrations ; 18 cm
ISBN: 9781940190112
Language of Publication: English
Publishers: Chicago, IL: Soberscove
Event Title: Organize Your Own: The Politics and Poetics of Self-Determination Movements
Type: Exhibition
Location: Kelly Writers House’s Brodsky Gallery (Philadelphia, Pennnsylvania) ; Leviton Gallery at Columbia College (Chicago, Illinois)
Dates: 2016
Keywords: PROTEST; SOCIAL JUSTICE; RACIAL JUSTICE
Copyright Statement: Soberscove
Official URL: http://soberscove.com/files/2016/07/OrganizeYourOw...
Deposited by: Collections
Date Deposited: 08 Jun 2020 21:22
Last Modified: 11 Mar 2021 21:02
URI: http://e-artexte.ca/id/eprint/31968
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