{"product_id":"9780271097510-collective-courage","title":"Collective Courage","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA History of African American Cooperative Economic Thought and Practice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 2014, Jessica Gordon Nembhard’s \u003ci\u003eCollective Courage\u003c\/i\u003e quickly became an important tool for understanding the history of cooperative economic enterprises in the African American community. This now-classic work recounts how African Americans benefited greatly from cooperative ownership and democratic economic participation throughout the nation’s history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMany of the players in this story are well known—among them W. E. B. Du Bois; A. Philip Randolph and the Ladies’ Auxiliary to the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters; Nannie Helen Burroughs; Fannie Lou Hamer; Ella Jo Baker and George Schuyler of the Young Negroes’ Co-operative League; the Federation of Southern Cooperatives; and the Black Panther Party. Drawing on media reports and co-op records, Gordon Nembhard uncovers the challenges they faced and highlights their hard-won victories. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis tenth anniversary edition of \u003ci\u003eCollective Courage\u003c\/i\u003e features a substantial preface that expands on material in the first edition and addresses the development of the Black co-op movement through the second decade of the twenty-first century. It remains an indispensable resource for readers interested in the history of the struggle for African American economic freedom and equity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54866715148662,"sku":"9780271097510","price":30.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_31822498.jpg?v=1734618931","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780271097510-collective-courage","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}