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Betrayal : how Black intellectuals have abandoned the ideals of the civil rights era / Houston A. Baker, Jr.
LIBRA E185.615 .B27 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Baker, Houston A., Jr., 1943-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American intellectuals--Political activity.
- African American intellectuals.
- African Americans--Civil rights.
- African Americans.
- Civil rights movements--United States.
- Civil rights movements.
- Political participation.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 242 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, [2008]
- Summary:
- Condemns the black intellectuals who, the author believes, have turned their backs on the tradition of racial activism in America. Urges black intellectuals to forge sacred and secular connections with local communities and rededicate themselves to social responsibility. From publisher description.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Little Africa
- Jail : Southern detention to global liberation
- Friends like these : race and neoconservatism
- After civil rights : the rise of Black public intellectuals
- Have mask, will travel : centrists from the Ivy League
- A capital fellow from Hoover : Shelby Steele
- Reflections of a first amendment trickster : Stephen Carter
- Man without connection : John McWhorter
- American myth : illusions of liberty and justice for all
- Prison : colored bodies, private profit
- Conclusion: What then must we do?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-232) and index.
- American Book Awards, Winner, 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780231139649
- 0231139640
- 9780231511445
- 0231511442
- 9780231139656
- 0231139659
- OCLC:
- 163625244
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