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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Well before we had ever met, Daniel Burton-Rose called me out of the blue in August 2006 to talk about the hidden histories of the 1970s. This book emerges out of that conversation and the many he and I have had since. I thank him for that, even if our attempts at co-editing the project did not pan out. I thank him as well for helping cover the costs of copyediting an early version of the manuscript. An enormous thank you to the contributors for their research, patience, and commitment. Regardless of the stage at which they joined the project, everyone shared an excitement for their work and the bigger project of which it is now a part. Likewise, Leslie Mitchner was wonderfully devoted to the book from conception to completion. It was a pleasure to work with her and all the fine folks at Rutgers University Press. Felicia Kornbluh and Dylan Rodríguez proved gracious and critical readers for Rutgers, and I thank them for the many ways their comments strengthened the manuscript. Special thanks to Felicia for reading two different versions with great precision. Natasha Zaretsky assured me that the introduction was ready for the outside world. Suzy Subways tackled a penultimate draft of the manuscript with her unparalleled skills as both copyeditor and critical reader. Bob Brown copyedited the final version for the press with extreme care. I’m grateful to Laurie Prendergast for preparing the index. Josh MacPhee of the Just Seeds artist cooperative (www.justseeds.org) designed the cover with speed, skill, and humor. I thank him for his prodigious efforts to make and celebrate people’s history. For trying, successfully or otherwise, to connect me with potential authors, I thank Daniel Burton-Rose, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Bill Fletcher, Matt Meyer, Lorena Oropeza, Meg Starr, and James Tracy, along with Bob Brown, Trevor Griffey, Tommi Avicolli Mecca, Paul Longmore, Akinyele Umoja, and Linda Watts, whose work and wisdom have much to offer those interested in the 1970s. Dana Barnett won my heart long before she helped solve an ongoing title conundrum, but I thank her for that as well, along with the incredible support she has given me and many others in our community. Gil Scott Heron deserves special mention for providing the soundtrack for the book. Along with Suzanne Hitchman, Rob McBride wonderfully provided me with a sampling of other music from the decade as I was finishing the project. He also ix commented on my contributions to the book and immersed me in the natural beauty of the San Francisco Bay Area. He and Donna Willmott have proven themselves rare beings: friends that have become family and mentors who have provided me with both a political and a physical home. I hope the introduction appropriately records my gratitude to at least some of the many scholars and memoirists who have already taken up the difficult work of trying to make sense of the 1970s. Thanks also to several colleagues whose work and generosity have provided valuable role models as scholars, teachers, and public intellectuals: Matthew Countryman, Mike Foley, Peniel Joseph, George Katsiaficas, Matthew Lassiter, José López, John McMillian, Gina Morantz-Sanchez, Louise Newman, Adolph Reed, David Roediger, Dylan Rodríguez, Andrea Smith, Tom Sugrue, Becky Thompson, Heather Thompson, Tim Tyson, and Jeremy Varon. Barbie Zelizer, John Jackson, Barbara Savage, and Michael Delli Carpini have consistently encouraged me—both to work on this project and to not let it come between me and my dissertation. I did not always listen, but I hope I have not disappointed them. I am so fortunate to be part of a broad and supportive community of friends, colleagues and comrades. They continue to ground me in history—including, perhaps most importantly, the present—while indulging my obsession with other histories. I thank them for their loving inspiration. A partial list: Kazembe Balagun, Dana Barnett, Diana Block, Andy Cornell, Chris Dixon, Nava EtShalom, David Gilbert, Rob Goldberg, Sha Grogan-Brown, Walidah Imarisha, Alex Knight, Toussaint Losier, Matthew Lyons, Claude Marks, Molly McClure, Claire McGuire, Leo McGuire, Bernadine Mellis, Matt Meyer, Layne Mullett, Jalil Muntaqim, Mendal Polish, Joshua Kahn Russell, gabriel sayegh, Aishah Simmons, Michael Simmons, Zoharah Simmons, Sarah Small, Riley Snorton, Meg Starr, David Stein, Suzy Subways, Max Toth, Maggie Von Vogt, Laura Whitehorn, Andrew WillisGarc és. “Thank you” hardly seems enough. Finally, I dedicate this book to two people who have brought much beauty and joy to the world. Dr. Alan Berkman (1945–2009...

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