What happened in 1967 was that the police attacking an after-hours place encapsulated what was happening in the city every night. State power was pushing hard on a Black community—but that community wasn’t passive, but dynamic, full of ideas and energy.
Dan Georgakas
Interview about the background to the explosive uprising and what happened afterward
Crowdus, Gary and Dan Georgakas (editors). The Cineaste Interviews II (Chicago: Lake View Press, 2002). 286 pages. 25 Illustrations. Paper ISBN 0-941702-50-2…
Dan Georgakas Every time there is a major election, some of my closest political friends decide not to vote. The most obvious…
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Dan Georgakas A public opinion poll released by the New Jersey City University in early February had some unexpected findings regarding the…
Dan Georgakas A few years ago Martin Bernal’s Black Athena stimulated considerable commentary about the role of blacks in antiquity. Many leftists…
Dan Georgakas During the height of the massacres in East Timor, Phillips Petroleum paid the Indonesian government $2.9 million in royalties for…
Dan Georgakas Hillary Rodham Clinton’s campaign to become the senator for New York offers the New York Green Party a unique opportunity…