Title From Du Bois to Obama : African American intellectuals in the public forum / Charles Pete Banner-Haley

Published Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 164 pages) Contents Introduction: What is an African American intellectual? -- The emergence of the black public intellectual : race, class, and the struggle against racism -- Black intellectuals and the quest for legitimacy : civil rights, black power, and the expenditure of moral capital -- The conservative revolution and its impact on Afro America, 1980-1992 -- Popular culture and the African American intellectual search for a new American identity -- A new century and new challenges : the visibility of African American intellectuals and the construction of diasporic diversity Summary In his groundbreaking new book Charles Pete Banner-Haley explores the history of African American intellectualism and reveals the efforts of black intellectuals in the ongoing struggle against racism, showing how they have responded to Jim Crow segregation, violence against black Americans, and the more subtle racism of the postintegration age. Banner-Haley asserts that African American intellectuals-including academicians, social critics, activists, and writers-serve to generate debate, policy, and change, acting as a moral force to persuade Americans to acknowledge their his Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject African Americans -- Intellectual life -- 20th century African Americans -- Intellectual life -- 21st century African American intellectuals. African American leadership. African Americans -- Civil rights -- History African Americans -- Race identity. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights. African American intellectuals African American leadership African Americans -- Civil rights African Americans -- Intellectual life African Americans -- Race identity Intellectual life Race relations SUBJECT United States -- Intellectual life. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140363 United States -- Race relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140494 Subject United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2009037550 ISBN 9780809385621 0809385627 1280697199 9781280697197 9786613674159 661367415X

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