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Robin KelleyFreedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination
Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2002A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Essay Topics
How do Kelley’s ideas about the role of art in radical movements apply to current discussions around the Black Lives Matter movement? For example, how do Black radical activists today use art, including poetry and music, to animate the movement?
Each of the essays in Freedom Dreams begins with an epigraph. Pick an essay and describe how the epigraph relates to the argument(s) it makes.
In the conclusion of Freedom Dreams, Kelley uses his methodology to describe a vision for a 9/11 memorial. How does Kelley’s proposed memorial intervene in public discourse around the significance of the 9/11 attacks?
