The subtitle is "Politics of Liberation in America". Now those very words themselves, I'm sure, create an emotion immediately in the listeners. Hamilton who is chairman of the Political Science department at Roosevelt University, and who has coauthored a remarkable book, he and Stokely Carmichael together. Studs Terkel My guest is Professor Charles V. He also believes that the Politics of Deference should be abandoned and Blacks should not apologize for being Black. Hamilton believes the goal of Black Power is pride and to be successful, it is crucial to change the nature of society from institutional racism to an open society.
Killian and Grigg's book, "Racial Crisis in America" discusses integration and Hamilton believes that Blacks should not be ashamed of their culture and should not adopt the values of white middle class America. Blacks are left out of crucial decision making processes that concern them. Institutional racism and the deliberate oppression it creates, holds blacks back. Hamilton states that Blacks were taught to hate themselves and leave school believing that. Using the backdrop of James Baldwin's "Nobody Knows My Name" and Baldwin's feelings that Blacks were ashamed of where they came from, Terkel interviews Professor and Chairman of the Political Science Department of Roosevelt University on his book coauthored with Stokely Carmichael entitled" Black Power: Politics of Liberation in America".
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