After the Rebellion: Black Youth, Social Movement Activism, and the Post-Civil Rights Generation

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>> 343 Index A. Philip Randolph Institute (APRI), 246, 252 Abolish the Poll Tax Week, 59 Abramson, Lauren, 228 activism and activists, black youth: as bridge-builders, 6, 48, 96–97, 258; BSLN’s work with, 129, 130, 142–143; case studies of, 5–8; challenges to, 99; collective, 115–116, 184; conceptualizing, 28–45, 111; creative organizing by, 37–42, 69, 97, 98; difficulties faced by, 2, 93–94; direct action, 212; framing strategies used by, 43–44; fund-raising for, 170; low-income, 32, 34–35, 133; militancy among, 35–36, 75, 79; multiple identities of, 5–6, 21–23; networks of, 29, 117, 253, 255–256, 258; organizations encompassing , 1–5; political involvement, 3–4, 31, 38, 69, 97–98, 125–126, 165–166, 180; post-World War II, 72; progressive, 78, 96; resource dilemma, 257–259; transformational , 93, 95, 256; workers’ rights, 35, 236, 246, 251. See also juvenile justice reform movement (JJRM); mobilization : youth-based; movements: intergenerational ; post-civil rights era generation ; students, black; youth, black adult organizations and adults, 94, 102– 103, 116, 175, 229; activist, 18, 21, 24–26, 62, 71, 73, 212, 261; in advisory roles, 54, 64, 68, 74, 129–130, 138; control over youth movements, 20, 201; generational cleavages, 25, 184, 188, 258; lobbying groups, 92, 124; relationship with youth activists, 26, 177, 255–256, 258, 261; as youth group allies, 29–30, 44, 53, 57, 125, 256–257. See also bridgebuilders , movement; generations; young adults Advanced Service and Advocacy Workshops (ASAW), 129, 174, 178, 196 Adventures in Excellence, 174 advocacy, 35, 36, 259; direct-action, 132– 133, 150–151, 153, 161, 175; freedom school curriculum directed toward, 149–150, 151, 152, 168; HIV/AIDS response, 31–32; service, 152–153; single-issue, 33, 34; training for, 132, 175, 186; typologies of, 5–6. See also adult organizations and adults: as youth group allies Advocates for Children and Youth in Baltimore , 224 Africa, 83, 85, 88, 250. See also Free South Africa movement (FSAM) African Americans. See blacks African-American Women’s Agenda, 107 African-American Young Adult Leadership (AAYAL) meeting, 138–139, 140, 141 African-American Youth Congress (aka Black Youth Political Coalition), 97, 99–109 African Descendants Awareness Movement , 166 African Liberation Day, 83 African Liberation Support Committee (ALSC), 83, 87, 88 African Project, SNCC, 90 African Students Association, 83 344 > 345 SNCC formation, 24–25, 50, 73, 74, 77, 120. See also Ella Baker Child Policy Training Institute (EBCPTI) Baltimore: Advocates for Children and Youth, 224; Buy Where You Can Work campaign, 50; Community Conferencing Center, 228; Gay Detention Center, 227; juvenile justice system in, 224–227, 256 Baltimore City Juvenile Justice Center, 224 Bandele, Lumumba, 166–167 Baraka, Ras, 150 Barnes, Claude W., Jr., 81 Barron, Cameron, 241, 250 Bates, Evelyn, 239 Battles, Wendy, 128 Bay Area Youth Caucus meeting, 179 Bedolla, Lisa García, 22 Bellagio retreat (Italy), 120–123, 124, 125 Bennettsville, South Carolina, community center, 174–175 Bervera, Xochitl, 221 Bethune, Mary McLeod, 54–55; letter to Franklin Roosevelt, 1, 3–4, 5 Bey, Kimoko Ferut, 85 Biondi, Martha, 80 Black Belt Thesis (aka Black Republic Thesis), 53 Black Community Crusade for Children (BCCC), 116, 117–126, 258, 262; anti-gun violence campaign, 157–163, 180–181, 205; CDF as coordinator of, 121–122, 124, 125–126, 259; Childhood Hunger Campaign, 172; Clinton administration connections, 145, 147, 153–154; founding of, 121–123; grassroots initiatives, 122, 141, 142–143, 187; intergenerational linkages built by, 122, 124–125; Juvenile and Family Court Judges Leadership Council, 159; objectives of, 122, 138–139; organizational challenges, 137–138; regional offices, 123–124, 293n28; Rheedlen Centers affiliation with, 169; Steering Committee , 137, 138; Steven White’s tensions with, 184, 185, 188, 190; and Summer Freedom School Program, 144–155; tensions with BSLN, 170, 173, 184–185, 198–203; Working Committee, 123, 138, 201. See also Black Student Leadership Network: BCCC linkages with Black Family Institute’s Hawk Foundation , 177 Black Liberators, SNCC’s alliance with, 44, 79, 80 Black Nia Force, 150 Black Panther Party (BPP): and freedom schools, 3, 167; SNCC’s alliance with, 44, 79–80; women activists in, 191–192 Black Peoples’ Union Party of North Carolina, 82 blacks, 124, 154, 177, 237; conscription of, 64, 68; HIV/AIDS response, 31–32; low-income, 34–35, 67, 68–69, 103, 255; middle-class, 36, 56, 69, 86, 119, 133, 152, 240; mobilization of, 48, 49, 125, 149, 259; poor, 82, 96, 97, 101, 108, 151–152...