Russell Rickford is Assistant Professor of History at Cornell University. He is the author of Betty Shabazz: Surviving Malcolm X and the co-author of Spoken Soul: The Story of Black English.

• Introduction: Rethinking Education, Black Power and the Radical Imagination ; Ch 1 Community Control and the Struggle for Black Education in the 1960s ; Ch 2 Black Studies and the Politics of "Relevance" ; Ch 3 The Evolution of Movement Schools ; Ch 4 African Restoration and the Politics of Culture ; Ch 5 The Maturation of Pan African Nationalism ; Ch 6 The Black University and the "Total Community" ; Ch 7 The End of Illusions ; Epilogue ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index

[A] significant contribution to the historiography of black power. In this thorough and comprehensive look at black power educational institutions, Rickford reconstructs the history of pro-black power institutions providing instruction, from prekindergarten through high school and postsecondary levels....Rickford should be complimented for thorough research and narration. This excellent book is a 'must' for all interested in black power and African American education.

Russell Rickford is Assistant Professor of History at Cornell University. He is the author of Betty Shabazz: Surviving Malcolm X and the co-author of Spoken Soul: The Story of Black English.

• Introduction: Rethinking Education, Black Power and the Radical Imagination ; Ch 1 Community Control and the Struggle for Black Education in the 1960s ; Ch 2 Black Studies and the Politics of "Relevance" ; Ch 3 The Evolution of Movement Schools ; Ch 4 African Restoration and the Politics of Culture ; Ch 5 The Maturation of Pan African Nationalism ; Ch 6 The Black University and the "Total Community" ; Ch 7 The End of Illusions ; Epilogue ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index

[A] significant contribution to the historiography of black power. In this thorough and comprehensive look at black power educational institutions, Rickford reconstructs the history of pro-black power institutions providing instruction, from prekindergarten through high school and postsecondary levels....Rickford should be complimented for thorough research and narration. This excellent book is a 'must' for all interested in black power and African American education.

Russell Rickford is Assistant Professor of History at Cornell University. He is the author of Betty Shabazz: Surviving Malcolm X and the co-author of Spoken Soul: The Story of Black English.

• Introduction: Rethinking Education, Black Power and the Radical Imagination ; Ch 1 Community Control and the Struggle for Black Education in the 1960s ; Ch 2 Black Studies and the Politics of "Relevance" ; Ch 3 The Evolution of Movement Schools ; Ch 4 African Restoration and the Politics of Culture ; Ch 5 The Maturation of Pan African Nationalism ; Ch 6 The Black University and the "Total Community" ; Ch 7 The End of Illusions ; Epilogue ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index

[A] significant contribution to the historiography of black power. In this thorough and comprehensive look at black power educational institutions, Rickford reconstructs the history of pro-black power institutions providing instruction, from prekindergarten through high school and postsecondary levels....Rickford should be complimented for thorough research and narration. This excellent book is a 'must' for all interested in black power and African American education.