In search of the talented tenth : Howard University public intellectuals and the dilemmas of race, 1926-1970 / Zachery R. Williams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, Zachery R., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American scholars--History--20th century.

African American scholars.

African American intellectuals--History--20th century.

African American intellectuals.

Howard University--History--20th century.

Howard University.

Howard University--Faculty--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

xi, 250 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Talented tenth

Place of Publication:

Columbia : University of Missouri Press, [2024]

Summary:

"From the 1920s through the 1970s, Howard University was home to America's most renowned assemblage of black scholars. This book traces some of the personal and professional activities of this community of public intellectuals, demonstrating their scholar-activist nature and the myriad ways they influenced modern African American, African, and Africana policy studies"--Back cover.

Contents:

Prelude to community: foundations of the Howard University intellectual community, 1890-1926

Messiah and leader: Mordecai Johnson and the making of the Howard University intellectual community, 1926-1960

Howard University intellectuals and the development of community in academia

Public intellectuals and the black public sphere at Howard

Bridging theory and practice: Africana policy studies and black studies institutes.

Notes:

First paperback printing, 2024.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-233) and index.

ISBN:

9780826223234

0826223230

OCLC:

1430653284

Publisher Number:

90100933521