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The Black Utopians

By Aaron Robertson

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The Black Utopians

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'Renewed my faith in the human power to resist, imagine and make new, better worlds.' Susanna Crossman, author of Home Is Where We Start 'Compelling' TLS How do the disillusioned, the forgotten, and the persecuted not merely hold on to life but expand its possibilities and preserve its beauty? What, in other words, does utopia look like in black? These questions animate Aaron Robertson's exploration of Black Americans' efforts to remake the conditions of their lives. Writing in the tradition of Saidiya Hartman and Ta-Nehisi Coates, Robertson makes his way from his ancestral hometown of Promise Land, Tennessee, to Detroit - the city where he was born, and where one of the country's most remarkable Black utopian experiments got its start. Founded by the brilliant preacher Albert Cleage Jr., the Shrine of the Black Madonna combined Afrocentric Christian practice with radical social projects. Central to this endeavour was the Shrine's chancel mural of a Black Virgin and child, the icon of a nationwide liberation movement that would come to be known as Black Christian Nationalism. Alongside the Shrine's story, Robertson reflects on a diverse array of Black utopian visions, from the Reconstruction era through the countercultural fervour of the 1960s and 1970s and into the present day. By doing so, Robertson showcases the enduring quest of collectives and individuals for a world beyond the constraints of systemic racism. The Black Utopians is the story of a movement and of a world still in the making - one that points the way toward radical alternatives for the future. A TIME Book of the Year A New York Times Book of the Year
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
400
Release Date:
2025-02-06
Publication Date:
2025-02-06
Publisher:
Random House UK Ltd
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1784744751
ISBN13:
9781784744755
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
504 g
Height:
141 cm
Width:
218 cm
Thickness:
38 cm
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