Transformation of the African American Intelligentsia, 1880-2012 |
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Author:
| Kilson, Martin |
Foreword by:
| Gates, Henry Louis |
Series title: | The W. e du Bois Lectures |
ISBN: | 978-0-674-28354-1 |
Publication Date: | Jun 2014 |
Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | AUD $74.95 |
Book Description:
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After Reconstruction, African Americans found themselves largely excluded from politics, higher education, and the professions. Martin Kilson explores how a modern African American intelligentsia developed amid institutionalized racism. He argues passionately for an ongoing commitment to communitarian leadership in the tradition of Du Bois.
After Reconstruction, African Americans found themselves largely excluded from politics, higher education, and the professions. Martin Kilson explores how a modern African American intelligentsia developed amid institutionalized racism. He argues passionately for an ongoing commitment to communitarian leadership in the tradition of Du Bois.