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Ranging from black slaveholders and frontier outlaws to serial killers and gangsta rappers, this title examines the pivotal role of black villains in American society and popular culture. It offers the extensive treatment to date of the black badman and the challenges that this figure has posed for race relations in America.

The most comprehensive account available of the rise and fall of the Black Power Movement and of its dramatic transformation of both African-American and larger American culture. With a gift for storytelling and an ear for street talk, William Van Deburg chronicles a decade of deep change, from the armed struggles of the Black Panther party to the cultural nationalism of artists and writers creating a new aesthetic. Van Deburg contends that al...

PrefaceIntroduction- Of Kings, Kennedys, and Culture Heroes1. The Black Hero's History and Humanity2. Championing the 1960s Cultural Revolution3. Sports Superstars4. Heroic Hustlers and Daring Detectives5. Black Musical Mediators as Culture HeroesConclusion- Black Camelot Found and LostNotesIndex

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Ranging from black slaveholders and frontier outlaws to serial killers and gangsta rappers, "Hoodlums examines the pivotal role of black villains in American history and popular culture.