Black Power Encyclopedia: from Black Is Beautiful to Urban Uprisings [2 Volumes] by Akinyele Umoja and othersDocuments the Black Power Movement by its cultural representation and promotion of self-determination and self-defense and showcases the its influence on American Black communities from 1965 to the mid-1970s. It provides an understanding of Black Power's important role in the turbulence, social change, and politics of the 1960s and 1970s in America and how the concepts of the movement continue to influence contemporary Black politics, culture, and identity.