Driven by the Movement: Reports from the Black Power Era

A collective portrait of the Black Power movement by radical journalist and former Black Panther JoNina Abron-Ervin

Driven by the Movement collects the stories of twenty ordinary people who did extraordinary things for the Black liberation struggle during the pivotal decade of 1965–1975. These activists came from across the US and all walks of life—single working mothers, clergy, students, teachers, military veterans—to organize against police brutality, poverty, hunger, substandard schools, and colonialism in Africa. 

Drawing from her own experience at the heart of the movement, JoNina Abron-Ervin’s on-the-ground reporting offers a rare look into the pragmatism, optimism, compromise, and contradiction and the everyday acts of dedication that animated the Black Power era.

JoNina Abron-Ervin, William C. Anderson 
AK Press,  2025. Paperback, 224 pages, 8 x 5.2 in