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PostSoul Nation The Explosive Contradictory Triumphant and Tragic 1980s as Experienced by African Americans ks - Previously Known as Blacks and Before That Negroes
Author: Nelson George

One of the foremost chroniclers of the contemporary black experience offers an undeluded perspective on the 1980s. Here are crack, AIDS, and the Reagan rollback of the major advances of the civil rights movement. But Nelson George also shows how black performers, athletes, and activists made increasing inroads into the mainstream. This fast-p...  more »aced, chronological retrospective profiles personalities from Bill Cosby to Louis Farrakhan and explores such flashpoints as the first rap single and the infamous Willie Horton ad campaign.  « less

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ISBN-13: 9780143034476
ISBN-10: 0143034472
Publication Date: 4/26/2005
Pages: 256
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Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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