Dan Georgakas

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Dan Georgakas

Dan Georgakas is coauthor of Detroit: I Do Mind Dying and coeditor of The Encyclopedia of the American Left. He is a long time member of the Cineaste editorial board, writes for the Greek American press, and is involved with small presses (Lake View Press, Ocean Press, Interventional Press, Smyrna Press). He also teaches part time at New York University (international studies) and Queens College (labor studies).

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.

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