Title On the corner : African American intellectuals and the urban crisis / Daniel Matlin

Published Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (350 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) Contents Ghettos of the Mind : Kenneth B. Clark and the Psychology of the Urban Crisis -- Be Even Blacker : Amiri Baraka's Names and Places -- Harlem without Walls : Romare Bearden's Realism -- Epilogue Summary In July 1964 when a Harlem riot shifted attention to the crisis in northern cities, African American intellectuals were thrust into the spotlight as interpreters of black urban life to white America. On the Corner revisits the moment when black urban life became, for these intellectuals, "the topic that is reserved for blacks." Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes In English Print version record Subject Clark, Kenneth Bancroft, 1914-2005 -- Political and social views Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014 -- Political and social views Bearden, Romare, 1911-1988 -- Political and social views SUBJECT Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014 fast Bearden, Romare, 1911-1988 fast Clark, Kenneth Bancroft, 1914-2005 fast Subject African American intellectuals -- History -- 20th century African American intellectuals -- Biography African Americans -- Social conditions -- 1964-1975. Inner cities -- United States -- History -- 20th century Urban policy -- United States -- History -- 20th century SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Civil Rights. African American intellectuals African Americans -- Social conditions Inner cities Political and social views Social conditions Urban policy Schwarze Intellektueller Sozialer Wandel Stadt SUBJECT Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century New York (N.Y.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century Subject New York (State) -- New York New York (State) -- New York -- Harlem United States Genre/Form Biographies History Biographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780674726109 0674726103 0674727053 9780674727052

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