Charles S. Johnson : leadership beyond the veil in the age of Jim Crow / Patrick J. Gilpin, Marybeth Gasman ; foreword by David Levering Lewis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gilpin, Patrick J.

Contributor:

Gasman, Marybeth.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Johnson, Charles Spurgeon, 1893-1956.

Johnson, Charles Spurgeon.

Fisk University--Presidents--Biography.

Fisk University.

African American civil rights workers--Biography.

African American civil rights workers.

African American sociologists.

Presidents.

Civil rights workers--United States--Biography.

Civil rights workers.

United States.

African American sociologists--Biography.

African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century.

African Americans.

African Americans--Civil rights.

History.

Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th century.

Civil rights movements.

United States--Race relations.

Race relations.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xvi, 318 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, [2003]

Summary:

The milestones for blacks in twentieth-century America -- the Harlem Renaissance, the struggle for equal education, and the civil rights movement -- would have been inconceivable without the contributions of one important but often overlooked figure, Charles S. Johnson (1893-1956). This compelling biography demonstrates the scope of his achievements, situates him among other black intellectuals of his time, and casts new light on a pivotal era in the struggle for black equality in America. An impresario of Harlem Renaissance culture, an eminent Chicago-trained sociologist, a pioneering race relations leader, and an educator of the generation that freed itself from legalized segregation, Johnson was a visionary who linked the everyday struggles of blacks with the larger intellectual and political currents of the day. His distinguished career included twenty-eight years at Fisk University, where he established the famed Race Relations Institute and became Fisk's first black president.

Contents:

Chapter 1 From Bristol to Nashville 1

Chapter 2 From Riot to Renaissance 11

Chapter 3 The Mentor: Robert E. Park 31

Chapter 4 The Park-Johnson Model 49

Chapter 5 The Johnson Model 61

Chapter 6 Park to Johnson to Myrdal 71

Chapter 7 Internationalism: Between the World Wars 79

Chapter 8 The Department of Social Sciences 93

Chapter 9 Beyond the Classroom: Service Intellectual 109

Chapter 10 The Publications 125

Chapter 11 The Best of Booker T. Washington 141

Chapter 12 The Rest of Booker T. Washington 155

Chapter 13 The Department of Race Relations: Confronting de facto Segregation 169

Chapter 14 The Race Relations Institutes: Confronting de jure Segregation 183

Chapter 15 Internationalism: World War II and the Cold War 201

Chapter 16 Conflict over Fisk Leadership 213

Chapter 17 The Basic College: Nurturing Scholars and Leaders 227

Chapter 18 The Red Scare Hits Home 237

Chapter 19 Solomon on the Cumberland 249

Appendix I. Interviews Conducted in Preparation of the Text 259

Appendix II. Books Authored by Charles S. Johnson 261

Appendix III. Manuscript Collection Used in Text 263.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-310) and index.

ISBN:

0791458970

0791458989

OCLC:

52251385