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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Kelley, Robin D. G.

      Freedom dreams: the Black radical imagination / Robin D. G. Kelley.

             p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index.

eISBN: 978-0-8070-0978-9

ISBN 978-0-8070-0977-2 (pbk.)

      1. Black power—United States—History. 2. African Americans—Civil rights. 3. Civil rights movements—United States—History. 4. African American arts. 5. Radicalism—United States—History. 6. United States—Race relations—History. 7. African diaspora. I. Title.

      E185 .K39 2002

      305.896’073—dc21 2001007470