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In *Freedom Dreams*, Robin D.G. Kelley chronicles the vibrant imagination of renegade thinkers and artists from the African diaspora who shaped the twentieth century. Highlighting figures from C.L.R. James to Aimé Césaire and Malcolm X, Kelley examines the hopeful promise of Communism, the mindscapes of Surrealism, radical feminism, and the enduring quest for reparations—a 400‑year dream rooted in the legacy of slavery and Jim Crow. The book illuminates how imaginative visions fueled social change and continue to inspire contemporary struggles for racial and civil rights.
First publish date: 2002
Genre: History/Modern History
Authors: Robin D.G. Kelley
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