- Collection:
- Atlanta University and Clark Atlanta University Theses and Dissertations
- Title:
- A consideration of the relationship between ideology and activism in the Black Nationalist movement: a case study of the rise and fall of the Greensboro association of poor people, 1991
- Creator:
- Barnes Jr., Claude W.
- Date of Original:
- 1991-12-01
- Subject:
- Degrees, Academic
Dissertations, Academic - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- theses
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- The Greensboro Association of Poor People (GAPP) was one of the most influential Black political organizations to emerge from the Contemporary Black Nationalist Movement of the late 60s and early 70s. Unfortunately, post-civil rights literature barely recognized the organization's existence. This study fills a void in the literature by presenting an analysis of the impact of conflicting ideologies on the rise and fall of GAPP as an intergral component of the movement. The major finding of the study is that the struggle for ideological hegemony between Black Power, Pan-Africanism, and Marxism prevented the consideration of theoretical and philosophical problems in the movement and therefore contributed significantly to the demise of post-civil rights activism. In order to access the impact of conflicting ideologies on the rise and fall of GAPP the study examines the ideological structure of the Contemporary Black Nationalists Movement and then traces the organizations development under the guidance of three different ideological perspectives. Data for this study was gathered through an extensive review of the literature on the Contemporary Black Nationalist Movement, a review of the GAPP files in Greensboro, North Carolina, and through ten open ended interviews with leaders and regular members of the organization. These materials were supplemented with a review of the newspaper files of the Carolina Peacemaker of Greensboro, North Carolina.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:1991_barnesjr_claude_w
- Rights Holder:
- Clark Atlanta University
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
-
