Table of Contents

1. The St. Louis African American Community in the Twentieth Century: A Context for 'Revolution' 2. An Early Battle: The St. Louis Movement Before 1964 3. Black Power: The Next Step 4. Black Liberation: CORE and Coalitions in the St. Louis Region 5. Black Power in St. Louis: The Black Liberators, Black Nationalists, DuBois Club, Jeff Vander Lou Community Action Group, Nation of Islam, Mid City Congress, Zulu 1200s 6. Black Power: The Ideological Debate 7. Black Power Challenged: The War on Poverty and Black Capitalism 8. Black Power Challenged: The Cold War, FBI, and the Communist Threat 9. Black Power Challenged: Direct Conflict and Violence

About the Author

Kenneth Jolly is Assistant Professor of History at Saginaw Valley State University.