Please Don't Bomb the Suburbs A Midterm Report on My Generation and the Future of Our Super Movement

by Wimsatt, William Upski

• ISBN13: 9781936070596
• ISBN10: 1936070596
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-09-14
• Publisher: Akashic Books, Ltd.

Summary

As a Twenty-One-Year-Old Potty-Mouthed graffiti writer from the Southside of Chicago, William Upski Wimsatt (a.k.a. Billy) electrified the literary and hip-hop world with two of the most successful underground classics in a generation, Bomb the Suburbs and No More Prisons (over 90,000 sold). Now he's back with Please Don't Bomb the Suburbs, a personal history of America's cultural and political movements from 1985-2010. From the death of Chicago Mayor Harold Washington to the rise of Barack Obama; from the golden era of hip-hop to the dawning of a new progressive age; from the Battle of Seattle to the League of Pissed-off Voters, Billy tells the story of a new generation who win elections, wear suits, sustain marriages, build families, and take on the ultimate responsibilities: governing and adulthood. It's a story about growing up, and a provocative vision for a twenty-first century Super Movement.

Table of Contents

Introductions	p. 5
The Hip-hop Generation Comes of Age (1984-1996)	p. 33
Building the Movement (1997-September 11, 2001)	p. 59
Dawn of a New Progressive Era (2002-2008)	p. 78
We Elected Obama. Now What?	p. 111
What Does It Mean to Be a Grown-up?	p. 146
Management for the Movement	p. 158
Future of the Movement	p. 183
Afterword: More than a Book	p. 198
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