What The 1960s Can Teach Us About Cross-Racial Solidarity

What The 1960s Can Teach Us About Cross-Racial Solidarity

Alexandria Shaner  Waging Nonvolice There is a particular kind of political amnesia that can overtake movements in difficult times. We remember the victories but forget the arguments that preceded them. We remember the marches but forget the years of patient organizing that made them possible. We remember solidarity as a feeling rather than a political practice. Alice Echols’ “Black Power, White Heat: From Solidarity Politics to Radical Chic” is…