Rivers of Struggle and Resistance: A Social Political History of the Underrepresented in the United States is an exploration of United States political history from a critical view of the issues, movements, historic moments, and key individuals and groups who have articulated and participated in movements for social justice and equality in the United States.
This anthology provides a template for understanding the impact and origins of race, class, and gender oppression in the United States. It will highlight the black political social experience as an enduring link to the experiences and struggles of Native Americans, Mexicans, Asian Pacific Islanders, women, and gays and lesbians in America.
Additionally, Rivers of Struggle and Resistance will be useful in understanding the dynamics of progressive and revolutionary struggles, as well as the reaction and counterrevolution of wealth, privilege, and whiteness. Finally, this anthology will allow professors to present original material in book form with the versatility of a reader, but will also include analytical clarity and historic importance.
Dr. Robert Stanley Oden is a lifelong community and political activist from his hometown of San Diego and the Oakland/Berkeley communities in California. He is a former Black Panther Party member. After 15 years of working as a management analyst in city government in Berkeley, he earned a Ph.D. from University of California, Santa Cruz in sociology. He is currently a professor at Sacramento State University. Dr. Oden has several published essays including, Race, Poverty, and Social Justice (2007), Hurricane Katrina, Response and Responsibilities (2005), and Introduction to Ethnic Studies (2004). He is the author of From Blacks to Brown and Beyond: The Struggle for Progressive Politics in Oakland, California, 1966-2011 (2012).
