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Acknowledgments

INTRODUCTION: THE POLITICAL THOUGHT OF AFRICAN AMERICAN RESISTANCE

1  DAVID WALKER, FREDERICK DOUGLASS, AND THE ABOLITIONIST DEMOCRATIC VISION

2  IDA B. WELLS, THE ANTILYNCHING MOVEMENT, AND THE POLITICS OF SEEING

3  HUEY NEWTON, THE BLACK PANTHERS, AND THE DECOLONIZATION OF AMERICA

4  ANGELA DAVIS, PRISON ABOLITION, AND THE END OF THE AMERICAN CARCERAL STATE

CONCLUSION: THE FUTURE OF RESISTANCE

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