historicalmaterialgirl's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
medium-paced
4.5
I learned so much from this collection of speeches! Especially about the history and ideologies of Black radical movements of the 60s and 70s. I repeatedly found something I had considered historical fact or had only understood on a superficial level to be challenged and developed: for instance, I had never encountered a critique of the integration movement until this book. These speeches bridge a gap between dense theory and one-on-one conversation, without sacrificing complexity or passion. I highly recommend this to develop a more complicated understanding of Black history, and understanding of race, power, organizing and colonialism currently.
Points docked for random misogyny and the editing of this leading to a lot of repetition.
Points docked for random misogyny and the editing of this leading to a lot of repetition.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism
Moderate: Misogyny
alielchaer_'s review against another edition
informative
inspiring
fast-paced
5.0
Loved this book. Could not recommend it enough.
butch's review
challenging
informative
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
I definitely need to read/listen to more of Kwane Ture's work and words beyond the time span covered in this book. Ture is direct, evolving (this book spans the 1960s and 1970s so you can see changes in his thoughts), and incredibly insightful. He doesn't hold back and his words have challenged me in many ways. His points on combating white liberalism are especially poignant: "I think that the problem with the white liberal in America, and perhaps the liberal around the world, is that his primary task is to stop confrontation, stop conflicts, not to redress grievances, but to stop confrontation. ... his role, regardless of what he says, is really to maintain the status quo, rather than to change it. ... The liberal is afraid to alienate anyone, and therefore he is incapable of presenting any clear alternative." I also really enjoyed that he attributes and documents his influences and other revolutionaries whose efforts and ideologies have contributed to his own.
tothelighthouse's review against another edition
5.0
this is the best book i’ve read all year—one of the best i’ve read ever.
nattybookz's review against another edition
5.0
Why did I wake so long to read this? This is one of the most beautiful and uplifting books I have in my collection. Kwame Ture leads us (C.O.A) with an appealing call for revolutionary thought and action. Stokely Speaks is on the level of importance as the Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey by Amy Jacques Garvey/Marcus Garvey, Grounding with my Brothers by Walter Rodney and David Walkers Appeal. African people really need to overstand these works and immediately start to build and organize around the ideology of Pan Africanism. No more of these Babylonian dreams.
**Onto Message to The Blackman by Elijah Muhammad
**Onto Message to The Blackman by Elijah Muhammad