TY - JOUR
AB - 994 The Journal of American History December 2014 influenced by Communists even though his - incendiary rhetoric have been appropriated by torians have argued to good effect that Com- black power advocates, black filmmakers, hip- munists were involved in the school and other hop artists, and disaffected groups worldwide civil rights organizations. as the seedbed for a new brand of representa - tive politics wherein cultural memes increas- Jennifer Delton ingly serve as symbolic political action. The Skidmore College book’s conclusion is a provocative albeit tr - un Saratoga Springs, New York cated essay discussing the strategic deployment doi: 10.1093/jahist/jau553 of Malcolm X’s memory in the contemporary era by President Barack Obama, on the one hand, and Al-Qaeda, on the other. However, The Iconography of Malcolm X. By Graeme Ab- this book calls for a more robust debate about ernethy. (Lawrence: University Press of K - an the malleability of perception and reception sas, 2013. x, 293 pp. $34.95.) that any iconic figure undergoes once he or she has been historically decontextualized. By successfully merging history, art c - riti Unlike many books focused on Malcolm X’s cism, and semiotics, Graeme AbernethThe y’s tumultuous life and death, Abernethy’s strikes 
TI - A Campaign of Quiet Persuasion: How the College Board Desegregated sat Test Centers in the Deep South, 1960–1965
JF - The Journal of American History
DO - 10.1093/jahist/jau558
DA - 2014-12-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/a-campaign-of-quiet-persuasion-how-the-college-board-desegregated-sat-g3uTblMHf6
SP - 994
EP - 995
VL - 101
IS - 3
DP - DeepDyve
ER -