The following conversation was taped toward the end of August, 1968. In addition to BAYARD RUSTIN, the well-known civil rights leader and Executive Secretary of the A. Philip Randolph Institute, the participants included IRVING HOWE, editor of Dissent; Tom KAHN, …
Clearly, the slogan reflects strong emotions. In its very vagueness, it is like a cry of deliverance. Whether it can lead to a strategy for action is another question. Because I favor the substance of black power, I am dubious …
When the cry of “black power” burst upon the American landscape, some observers ran for the hills or their shotguns, fearing it signaled the beginning of a racial war. Others, like the new leaders of CORE, hailed it as the …
U.S. policy in the Dominican Republic may take a slight turn for the better with the transfer of Ambassador Tapely Bennett to Portugal, a country that shares his antipathy to democracy. The reasons for the current “rethinking” in Washington are …
“A change is gonna come” is the battle hymn of the New Left. But after a year of marching around the “Establishment” walls, which not only didn’t fall down but hardly shook at all, Students for a Democratic Society is …
