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American Political History Conference: "New Directions in the History of the Military-Industrial Complex"


In a 1971 address, Black Power leader Kwame Ture, then Stokely Carmichael, nodded to the structures of white supremacy joining U.S. domestic and foreign policy, which he characterized as “White Power, Incorporated.” In his analysis, “the power may start from the local police, go all the way to the state militia, run through the army and the navy, and reach NATO.” Anna’s paper draws on Black Power-era critiques of policing and U.S. military empire to consider the significance of “White Power” in our understanding of the military-industrial complex. Her study embraces Ture’s more capacious definition of White Power while also building upon Kathleen Belew’s attention to the role of veterans and active duty military personnel in the formation of the modern white power movement emergent in the 1970s.

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May 20

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