Black Liberation in the Midwest

This book is a much-needed study of the civil rights movement in the Midwest. Jolly broadens and expands the location of Black liberation by revealing the previously overlooked Black liberation struggle in St. Louis, Missouri.

Kenneth Jolly is Assistant Professor of History at Saginaw Valley State University.

1. The St. Louis African American Community in the Twentieth Century: A Context for 'Revolution'  2. An Early Battle: The St. Louis Movement Before 1964  3. Black Power: The Next Step  4. Black Liberation: CORE and Coalitions in the St. Louis Region  5. Black Power in St. Louis: The Black Liberators, Black Nationalists, DuBois Club, Jeff Vander Lou Community Action Group, Nation of Islam, Mid City Congress, Zulu 1200s  6. Black Power: The Ideological Debate  7. Black Power Challenged: The War on Poverty and Black Capitalism  8. Black Power Challenged: The Cold War, FBI, and the Communist Threat  9. Black Power Challenged: Direct Conflict and Violence