Black Utopia: The History of an Idea from Black Nationalism to Afrofuturism
Alex
Zamalin
Columbia University Press
Within the history of African American struggle against racist oppression that often verges on dystopia, hidden traditions have depicted a transfigured world - a Black utopia. Inspiring intellectual history and a critique of present power relations, Alex Zamalin's Black Utopia suggests that, with democracy under siege across the globe, the Black utopian tradition may be our best hope for combating injustice.