Fighting for Our Place in the Sun: Malcolm X and the Radicalization of the Black Student Movement 1960-1973

By Richard Benson

In Fighting for Our Place in the Sun, Richard D. Benson II examines the life of Malcolm X as not only a radical political figure, but also as a teacher and mentor. The book illuminates the untold tenets of Malcolm X's educational philosophy, and also traces a historical trajectory of Black activists that sought to create spaces of liberation and learning that are free from cultural and racial oppression.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1433117711
• ISBN13: 9781433117718
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"