Freedom Dreams

By Robin D.G. Kelley,

Book cover of Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination

Book description

The 20th-anniversary edition of Kelley’s influential history of 20th-century Black radicalism, with new reflections on current movements and their impact on the author, and a foreword by poet Aja Monet

First published in 2002, Freedom Dreams is a staple in the study of the Black radical tradition. Unearthing the thrilling…

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Why read it?

1 author picked Freedom Dreams as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Any book that wants to think about liberation in new and nuanced ways has to be in conversation with Robin Kelley’s book. I see Kelley as the OG of insurgent history! His writing is clear, cutting, and visionary.

He examines what it might look like to imagine a world of possibility for race, reparations, justice, and community. The struggle for Black liberation continues, and this book is a roadmap of where we have been and where we might go.

Any reader will find his writing to be both provocative and profound.

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