Chapter II Literature Review 11 -- Chapter III Methodology 23 -- Chapter IV Participant Backgrounds 29 -- Chapter V The Development of a Positive African-American Self Concept 53 -- Chapter VI Progress Towards Goals of Activism 89
Summary
This study examines the narrated life experiences of 11 African American intellectual-activists. An intellectual-activist is defined as a person whose education has provided him or her with a body of knowledge to which he/she is continually adding (intellectual self) and who works daily for, or has a career dedicated to, the betterment of African American people (activist self). The voices of the subjects focus on the events in their lives that contributed to their development as intellectuals and activists. Discussions of the individuals' backgrounds illuminate the forces that influ
