While the history of the Civil Rights Movement, from Rosa Parks to Martin Luther King, is one of the great American stories of the twentieth century, the related Black Power movement has left a more complex legacy. With eloquent prose and analytical precision, Rafael Torrubia brilliantly illustrates the significance of Black Power as a "revolutionary cultural concept". Challenging conventional periodisations and narratives, Black Power and the American People connects a diverse range of individuals, movements and moments to show how self-determination has always been a central demand of the African American freedom struggle. This is essential reading for anyone wanting to better understand the complexity of Black Power and how the movement continues to resonate today.