This particular piece of American history has never been covered in such depth…everyone who is concerned with political change will learn a lot from this book.” - New York Times This updated edition includes the original Foreword by Manning Marable, a new Preface by the authors, Dan Georgakas and Marvin Surkin and new chapters on the ‘Legacy of Drum’ by Sheila Cockrel, Herb Boyd, Edna Ewell Watson and Michael Hamlin. It tells the remarkable story of the Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement (DRUM), based in Detroit, and the League of Revolutionary Black Workers, two of the most important political organizations of the 1960s and 1970s, A classic widely heralded as one the most important books on the black liberation movement and labor struggles in U.S. Since its publication in 1975, Detroit: I Do Mind Dying has been widely recognized as one of the most important books on the black liberation movement and labor struggles in the United States. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 950 Trumbull (Trumbull & Michigan Ave.) Dan will also be speaking at 6 PM, Saturday, October 20th at St. The Book Beat is located at 26010 Greenfield in Oak Park. Dan Georgakas will give a presentation of a newly published edition of his book Detroit, I Do Mind Dying at the Book Beat bookstore on Saturday, October 20th from 1-2 PM.
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