Lexual Does The Seventies #2: Moving On Up? (Black Life In The 70s) (Patreon)

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I've gotten a lot of positive feedback about the first episode! Thanks for watching. In episode two, we'll explore the concept black cultural nationalism (a bold opposition to respectability politics), black gains and losses, and white responses to such events. Unsurprisingly, black people would help trigger nationwide trends and outrage that we'll see play out in following episodes when it comes to topics like mass incarceration, tax reform, and the New Right. 

Look out for Episode 3: Identity Politics and Finding Yourself in The Me Decade on Valentine's Day!

Sources + Additional Reading

The Seventies: The Great Shift in American Culture, Society, and Politics (Bruce J Schulman)

The 1970s: A New Global History From Civil Rights to Economic Inequality (Thomas Borstelmann)

Fault Lines: A History of The United States Since 1974 (Kevin Kruse and Julian E. Zelizer)

Reinventing Richard Nixon: A Cultural History of an American Obsession (Daniel Frick)

A History of African Americans From 1880 (Robin D.G. Kelley and Earl Lewis)

Punishing The Punch: Constructions of Black Criminality during the NBA’s “Dark Ages” (Theresa Runstedtler)

The Hidden 1970s: Histories of Radicalism (Edited by Dan Berger)

We Are Taking Up Where The Movement of the 1960s Left Offf: The Proliferation and Power of African American Protest During The 1970s (Stephen Tuck)

Black Women in White America (Edited by Gerda Lerner) 

The Burning of America: Race, Radicalism, and the "Charlotte Three" Trial in 1970s North Carolina (J. Christopher Schultz)

Discophobia: Antigay Prejudice and the 1979 Backlash against Disco (Gillian Frank)

The Black Woman and Women's Lib (1971 Ebony Magazine)

The  Black Feminism Primer