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

Author/creator Banner-Haley, Charles Pete T., 1948-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoCarbondale : Southern Illinois University Press,
Descriptionxi, 164 p. ; 24 cm.
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Subjects
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.
United States--Intellectual life.
United States--Race relations.

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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2009037550
ISBN9780809329793 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0809329794 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780809385621 (ebook)
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