1. Born into the Storm -- 2. Black Power -- 3. Founding of the Congress of African People : Emergence of Amiri Baraka as Political Leader -- 4. The Black Arts Movement and the Congress of African People -- 5. Ideology and Ideological Development -- 6. Maulana Karenga, Imamu Baraka and Kawaida -- 7. Amina Baraka and the Women of the Congress of African People -- 8. Revolutionary Kawaida -- 9. The Congress of African People and the United Front -- 10. Transition to Marxism -- 11. Black Marxist-Leninists, New Communist Movement -- 12. Transformed -- 13. Lessons.
Summary:
"The Congress of African People (CAP) was an important Black Power organization formed in 1970 and led by the activist poet Amiri Baraka. It made significant contributions to the Black Liberation Movement throughout the 70s as a leading organization in the National Black Political Convention, the National Black Assembly, African Liberation Day, the African Liberation Support Committee and the Black Women's United Front. CAP also became active in the new communist movement as the Revolutionary Communist League (MLM). This first-hand narrative of CAP is a part of a movement to document and analyze Black Power in the African American Freedom Movement from the 1950s through the 1970s"-- Provided by publisher.
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