| Book Review | The Journal of American History, 91.2

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Book Review

Fighting for US: Maulana Karenga, the US Organization, and Black Cultural Nationalism. By Scot Brown. (New York: New York University Press, 2003. xviii, 228 pp. $26.95, ISBN 0-8147-9877-2.)

Scot Brown has made an extraordinary contribution to the study of the black power era. This period remains somewhat of a mystery. It is often associated with angry blacks calling for revolution, hurling invective at the status quo. Certain characters and events continuously circulate in relation to the period: the Watts riot and the Black Panther party immediately come to mind. Of course, historical moments are often more complex than their popular representations. What Scot Brown achieves is the difficult task of bringing another character into view, one often obscured by the prominence of others or misrepresented by received characterizations. The result is a fascinating glimpse into the rise and fall of one of the black power era's more important organizations.

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