Rebellion or revolution? / Harold Cruse ; foreword by Cedric Johnson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cruse, Harold.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans.

African Americans--Politics and government--20th century.

Black nationalism--United States--History--20th century.

Black nationalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (280 p.)

Edition:

1st University of Minnesota Press ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

One of the leading writers of African American intellectual life in the second half of the twentieth century, Harold Cruse first came to international attention in 1967 with the publication of his influential and inflammatory book, The Crisis of the Negro Intellectual. This fiercely opinionated and deeply informed critique of both integrationism and black nationalism established Cruse as a bold new voice on race and resistance in America.First published in the wake of The Crisis of the Negro Intellectual's success, Rebellion or Revolution? collects reviews and essays Cruse wrote between 1950 a

Contents:

Purblind slant on Africa

Negro soldier sequences censored in Call me Mister

Salute to Josephine Baker, magnificent Negro artist

Green pastures twenty years ago and today

An Afro-American's cultural views

Negro nationalism's new wave

Revolutionary nationalism and the Afro-American

Rebellion or revolution? I

Rebellion or revolution? II

Marxism and the Negro

The economics of Black nationalism

The Blacks and the idea of revolt

Behind the Black power slogan.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-260) and index.

Includes index.

ISBN:

0-8166-6803-5

OCLC:

607553277