Hillbilly Nationalists, Urban Race Rebels and Black Power Community Organizing in Radical Times

An untold story of the New Left, this narrative history of 1960s activist movements among the white poor and working class describes groups like JOIN, the Young Patriots, Rising Up Angry, White Lightning, and the October 4th Organization.

These organizations kept the vision of an interracial movement of the poor alive by working arm in arm with Dr. Martin Luther King and the Puerto Rican Young Lords and, in so doing, gave rise to a generation of community organizers. In the best tradition of people’s history, Tracy and Sonnie bring these diverse and groundbreaking movements alive.

Softcover, 272pp., 2011.