Black Camelot : African-American Culture Heroes in Their Times, 1960-1980

The University of Chicago Press

Black Camelot AfricanAmerican Culture Heroes in Their Times 19601980\nby William Van Deburg\nHardback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: William Van Deburg\nTitle: Black Camelot AfricanAmerican Culture Heroes in Their Times 19601980\nFormat: Hardback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Ethnic studies\nPublisher: University of Chicago Press\nPublication year: 1997\nISBN-13: 9780226847160\nISBN-10: 0226847160\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nAfter the Kennedy era, a new kind of ethnic hero emerged in African-American popular culture. Pop icons such as Mohammad Ali, James Brown and Pam Grier projected the values and beliefs of the Civil Rights and Black Power movements. This text discusses the black heroic in American popular culture.\n\nAfter the Kennedy era, a new kind of ethnic hero emerged in African-Ameri.