Our history will not be erased. In this series, we'll focus on important Black American history from the 1920s to the 1990s. Full posts are available on Intelexual Media, but you can follow along with the abridged versions on Instagram, too.
It's safe to say that the 1970s brought unprecedented freedom and power to the average Black American. The community had voting rights, cultural powerhouses, and a blossoming of underground and Black Media-- plus the Vietnam War ended in 1973. But for many, a damaged economy, underhanded racism, stratified priorities, and ideological obstacles dampened the groove.
This content is easier to format on my website and is available in full here. However, the sources are exclusively available to Patreon members below.
Also, check out the 1970s Black Women Classics playlist as well <3 There are 41 songs to get lost in, which I did several times when compiling this info and carousel. I really hope you enjoy!
Sources & Further Reading
The Seventies: The Great Shift in American Culture, Society, and Politics (Bruce J Schulman)
The 1970s: A New Global History From Civil Rights to Economic Inequality (Thomas Borstelmann)
Fault Lines: A History of The United States Since 1974 (Kevin Kruse and Julian E. Zelizer)
Reinventing Richard Nixon: A Cultural History of an American Obsession (Daniel Frick)
A History of African Americans From 1880 (Robin D.G. Kelley and Earl Lewis)
Punishing The Punch: Constructions of Black Criminality during the NBA’s “Dark Ages” (Theresa Runstedtler)
The Hidden 1970s: Histories of Radicalism (Edited by Dan Berger)
We Are Taking Up Where The Movement of the 1960s Left Offf: The Proliferation and Power of African American Protest During The 1970s (Stephen Tuck)
Black Women in White America (Edited by Gerda Lerner)
The Burning of America: Race, Radicalism, and the "Charlotte Three" Trial in 1970s North Carolina (J. Christopher Schultz)
Discophobia: Antigay Prejudice and the 1979 Backlash against Disco (Gillian Frank)
The Black Woman and Women's Lib (1971 Ebony Magazine)
https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/31679801n1-40ch01.pdf
https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2012/02/16/the-rise-of-intermarriage/
https://news.osu.edu/black-white-marriages-increased-rapidly-since-1980-study-finds/
https://nces.ed.gov/pubs98/yi/yi16.pdf
https://www.irp.wisc.edu/publications/focus/pdfs/foc131a.pdf
https://www.edweek.org/education/blacks-financial-educational-gains-slowed-during-1970s/1983/08
https://scispace.com/pdf/participation-of-black-students-in-higher-education-a-1ggz4qhu9p.pdf
https://hechingerreport.org/proof-points-black-white-achievement-gaps-since-brown/
https://tcf.org/content/report/bold-agenda-school-integration/
https://www.nytimes.com/1985/05/12/us/agent-tells-of-79-threats-by-klan-and-nazis.html
https://www.nytimes.com/1985/11/17/us/carolina-widow-gets-351500-in-klan-killings.html
https://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=35666
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-02-23/column-jimmy-carter
https://nmaahc.si.edu/about/news/statement-national-museum-african-american-history-and-culture-death-former-president
https://www.newspapers.com/image/1027367425/
https://new.uccfiles.com/pdf/GS29-Wilmington10-Story.pdf
https://www.nytimes.com/1979/08/19/archives/a-secret-meeting-and-a-very-public-exit-at-the-un.html
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.5323/jafriamerhist.100.3.0428
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13688800120092228
https://www.governing.com/politics/jimmy-carters-redemptive-record-on-race-and-injustice
https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1977-80v09Ed2/d281
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/the-return-of-school-segregation-in-eight-charts/
https://www.npr.org/2009/12/10/121289328/black-book-captures-african-american-experience
https://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/toni-morrison
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2003/10/27/ghosts-in-the-house
https://gunmemorial.org/1979/11/03/sandra-lee-neely-smith
https://www.newspapers.com/image/750647291/?match=1&terms=bob%20jones%20university%20blacks
https://burnett-lynn.medium.com/why-white-supremacists-support-mlks-holiday-96743f5039d4
https://origins.osu.edu/read/martin-luther-king-day-holiday-nation-resisted
https://conservancy.umn.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/4cc077d5-1fec-43f4-9771-09dd6d8b409f/content
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/08/magazine/eugenics-movement-america.html