OLSSON, Göran Hugo (ed.)
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975

A provocative mixtape, mash-up, and treasure trove of never-before-seen images and interviews of the Black Power movement, with contemporary reflections. The Black Power Mixtape 1967–-1975 is an extraordinary window into the black freedom struggle in the United States, offering a treasure trove of fresh archival information about the Black Power movement from 1967 to 1975 and vivid portraits of some of its most dynamic participants, including Angela Davis and Stokely Carmichael.

The Black Power Mixtape 1967–-1975 is a companion to the 2011 Swedish documentary film by the same title, edited by Göran Hugo Olsson from footage shot by a group of Swedish journalists and discovered some 30 years later in the cellar of Swedish Television. The book features transcripts of interviews and statements by Erykah Badu, Harry Belafonte, Stokely Carmichael, Angela Davis, Louis Farrakhan, Melvin van Peebles, and many others…

Published by Haymarket Books, 2014
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