People Power
History, Organizing, and Larry Goodwyn's Democratic Vision in the Twenty-First Century
Published on 30. July 2021
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296 pages
978-0-8130-6847-3 (ISBN)
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Featuring contributions from leading scholar-activists, People Power demonstrates how the lessons of history can inform the building of new social justice movements today. This volume is inspired by the pathbreaking life and work of writer, activist, and historian Lawrence "Larry" Goodwyn.
As a radical Texas journalist and a political organizer, Goodwyn participated in historic changes ushered in by grassroots activism in the 1950s and '60s. Professor and cofounder of the Oral History Program at Duke University, Goodwyn wrote about movements built by Latino farm workers, Polish trade unionists, civil rights activists, and others who challenged the status quo. The essays in this volume examine Goodwyn's influence in political and social movements, his approaches to teaching and writing, and his insights into the long history behind contemporary activism.
People Power will generate deep discussions about the potential of democracy amid the multiple crises of our time. What motivates ordinary people to move from kitchen table conversations to civic engagement? What do the chronicles of past social movements tell us about how to confront the real blocks of racism and the idea that Americans are somehow "exceptional"? Contributors provide key experiential knowledge that will help today's scholars and community organizers address these pressing questions.
Contributors:
Donnel Baird | Charles C. Bolton | William Chafe | Ernesto Cortes Jr. | Marsha J. Tyson Daring | Benj DeMott | Scott Ellsworth |Faulkner Fox | Elise Goldwasser | Wade Goodwyn | William Greider | Jim Hightower | Wesley C. Hogan | Wendy Jacobs | Thelma Kithcart | Max Krochmal | Connie L. Lester | Adam Lioz | Andrew Neather | Paul Ortiz | Gunther Peck | Timothy B. Tyson | G. C. Waldrep | Lane Windham | Peter H. Wood
As a radical Texas journalist and a political organizer, Goodwyn participated in historic changes ushered in by grassroots activism in the 1950s and '60s. Professor and cofounder of the Oral History Program at Duke University, Goodwyn wrote about movements built by Latino farm workers, Polish trade unionists, civil rights activists, and others who challenged the status quo. The essays in this volume examine Goodwyn's influence in political and social movements, his approaches to teaching and writing, and his insights into the long history behind contemporary activism.
People Power will generate deep discussions about the potential of democracy amid the multiple crises of our time. What motivates ordinary people to move from kitchen table conversations to civic engagement? What do the chronicles of past social movements tell us about how to confront the real blocks of racism and the idea that Americans are somehow "exceptional"? Contributors provide key experiential knowledge that will help today's scholars and community organizers address these pressing questions.
Contributors:
Donnel Baird | Charles C. Bolton | William Chafe | Ernesto Cortes Jr. | Marsha J. Tyson Daring | Benj DeMott | Scott Ellsworth |Faulkner Fox | Elise Goldwasser | Wade Goodwyn | William Greider | Jim Hightower | Wesley C. Hogan | Wendy Jacobs | Thelma Kithcart | Max Krochmal | Connie L. Lester | Adam Lioz | Andrew Neather | Paul Ortiz | Gunther Peck | Timothy B. Tyson | G. C. Waldrep | Lane Windham | Peter H. Wood
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Language
English
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Florida
United States
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Professional and scholarly
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Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
484 gr
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978-0-8130-6847-3 (9780813068473)
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History, Organizing, and Larry Goodwyn's Democratic Vision in the Twenty-First Century
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Wesley C. Hogan is director of the Center for Documentary Studies as well as research professor at the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute and Department of History at Duke University. She is the author of On the Freedom Side: How Five Decades of Youth Activists Have Remixed American History.
Paul Ortiz is director of the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program and professor of history at the University of Florida. He is the author of the PEN Award-winning An African American and Latinx History of the United States.
Paul Ortiz is director of the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program and professor of history at the University of Florida. He is the author of the PEN Award-winning An African American and Latinx History of the United States.
Content
Contents
Acknowledgments
In the Activists' Kitchen: An Introduction - Wesley Hogan and Paul Ortiz
Part I. Making the Common Good the Common Will: Social Movements and Political Organizing
1. Goodwyn and the Democratic Coalition of Texas - Max Krochmal
2. Without Dissent There Can Be No Democracy - Ernesto Cortes Jr.
3. The Larry Way - Jim Hightower
4. Calm Up: Dr. Goodwyn's Workshop - Donnel Baird
5. Goodwyn: Obama Volunteer - Faulkner Fox
6. Movement Culture in Durham, North Carolina - Gunther Peck
7. A Democrat for the Ages - Benj DeMott
8. Nell's Kitchen, Larry's War Room - Peter H. Wood
9. Goodwyn Taught Me How to Live in 2019 Two Decades Ago - Adam Lioz
Part II. "The Point of the Entire Thing": Teaching Inside Democratic Relationships
10. Family Politics: Son of a Little D democrat - Wade Goodwyn
11. You Already Know Everything - Wendy Jacobs
12. 'Can I Buy You a Beer?' Goodwyn's America - Andrew Neather
13. Mentoring as Community-Building - Thelma Kithcart
14. Why Is Your Voice So Small? - Elise Goldwasser
15. From the Bottom of the Mud Hole - Charles C. Bolton
16. Goodwyn 101 - Scott Ellsworth
17. A History-Changing Partnership - William H. Chafe
18. Ask Unsanctioned Questions: Interviewing Activists - Wesley C. Hogan
Part III. Challenge the Smug Orthodoxy: Democratic Money and Writing History
19. To Break the Hold of the Money Class: The Sub-Treasury Plan - Connie L. Lester
20. Unfulfilled Thirst - William Grieder
21. How Lawrence Goodwyn Gave Me My Life - Tim Tyson
22. Collective Self-Confidence: African American Women's Organizing in Tobacco Leaf Houses - Lane Windham
23. Imagination, Silence, and Movement Life - G. C. Waldrep
24. Reclaiming Democracy in the Twenty-First Century: A Challenge - Marsha J. Tyson Darling
Epilogue - Wesley Hogan and Paul Ortiz
List of Contributors
Index
Acknowledgments
In the Activists' Kitchen: An Introduction - Wesley Hogan and Paul Ortiz
Part I. Making the Common Good the Common Will: Social Movements and Political Organizing
1. Goodwyn and the Democratic Coalition of Texas - Max Krochmal
2. Without Dissent There Can Be No Democracy - Ernesto Cortes Jr.
3. The Larry Way - Jim Hightower
4. Calm Up: Dr. Goodwyn's Workshop - Donnel Baird
5. Goodwyn: Obama Volunteer - Faulkner Fox
6. Movement Culture in Durham, North Carolina - Gunther Peck
7. A Democrat for the Ages - Benj DeMott
8. Nell's Kitchen, Larry's War Room - Peter H. Wood
9. Goodwyn Taught Me How to Live in 2019 Two Decades Ago - Adam Lioz
Part II. "The Point of the Entire Thing": Teaching Inside Democratic Relationships
10. Family Politics: Son of a Little D democrat - Wade Goodwyn
11. You Already Know Everything - Wendy Jacobs
12. 'Can I Buy You a Beer?' Goodwyn's America - Andrew Neather
13. Mentoring as Community-Building - Thelma Kithcart
14. Why Is Your Voice So Small? - Elise Goldwasser
15. From the Bottom of the Mud Hole - Charles C. Bolton
16. Goodwyn 101 - Scott Ellsworth
17. A History-Changing Partnership - William H. Chafe
18. Ask Unsanctioned Questions: Interviewing Activists - Wesley C. Hogan
Part III. Challenge the Smug Orthodoxy: Democratic Money and Writing History
19. To Break the Hold of the Money Class: The Sub-Treasury Plan - Connie L. Lester
20. Unfulfilled Thirst - William Grieder
21. How Lawrence Goodwyn Gave Me My Life - Tim Tyson
22. Collective Self-Confidence: African American Women's Organizing in Tobacco Leaf Houses - Lane Windham
23. Imagination, Silence, and Movement Life - G. C. Waldrep
24. Reclaiming Democracy in the Twenty-First Century: A Challenge - Marsha J. Tyson Darling
Epilogue - Wesley Hogan and Paul Ortiz
List of Contributors
Index