The Fruits of Integration [electronic resource] : Black Middle-Class Ideology and Culture, 1960-1990

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Banner-Haley, Charles T.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Civil rights.

African Americans--Intellectual life--20th century.

African Americans.

Middle class--United States.

Local Subjects:

African Americans--Civil rights.

African Americans--Intellectual life--20th century.

African Americans.

Middle class--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (259 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In late twentieth-century America the black middle class has occupied a unique position. It greatly influenced the way African Americans were perceived and presented to the greater society, and it set roles and guidelines for the nation's black masses. Though historically a small group, it has attempted to be a model for inspiration and uplift. As a key force in the ""Africanizing"" of American culture, the black middle class has been both a shaper and a mirror during the past three decades. This study of that era shows that the fruits of integration have been at once sweet and bitter. This hi

Contents:

CONTENTS; PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION: The Ambiguity of Nomenclature; 1. Leaders of Thought, Missionaries of Culture; 2. From the Hollow to the High Ground and Back: The Civil Rights Movement and Its Aftermath; 3. To Preserve the Dignity of the Race: Black Conservatives and Affirmative Action; 4. Integrating the Many Voices: The Continuing Growth of African American Literature; 5. Sound and Image: The Cultural Fruits of Integration; 6. Changing the Guard: AfroAmerica's New Guardians of Culture; NOTES; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-283-03119-1

9786613031198

1-61703-113-5

OCLC:

712016219