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Black Leadership » Read Now
by Manning Marable. 238 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

At the heart of this major statement on black political, intellectual, and religious leaders of 20th-century America are critical portraits of four leaders whose legacies speak to the challenges of race, class, and power: Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. DuBois, Harold Washington, and Louis Farrakhan.
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Black Leadership for Social Change » Read Now
by Jacob U. Gordon. 242 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

This book presents a comprehensive overview of Black leadership in every aspect of American life, including movements for social justice, education, business, and politics. In the quest for human rights and social advancement, African-American leaders have emerged to lead the fight to overcome...
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This book presents a comprehensive overview of Black leadership in every aspect of American life, including movements for social justice, education, business, and politics. In the quest for human rights and social advancement, African-American leaders have emerged to lead the fight to overcome racial and economic barriers. This struggle has influenced the exercise of Black leadership in many other areas and the author uses an interdisciplinary approach to reveal the changes, continuities, and variety of African-American approaches to effective leadership. The book also suggests a theoretical framework for future research on the impact of Black leadership in America.
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Uplifting the Race: Black Leadership, Politics, and Culture in the Twentieth Century » Read Now
by Kevin K. Gaines. 314 pgs.

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...UPLIFTING THE RACE BLACK LEADERSHIP, POLITICS, AND CULTURE IN...Kelly. Uplifting the race: Black leadership, politics, and culture in the...Corrotherss Literary Quest for...
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Race Matters (Chap. 3 "The Crisis of Black Leadership") » Read Now
by Cornel West. 105 pgs.

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Black and Right: The Bold New Voice of Black Conservatives in America (Chap. 6 "Two Visions of Black Leadership" and Chap. 10 "The Role of Black Conservative Leaders in the 1990s") » Read Now
by Stan Faryna, Brad Stetson, Joseph G. Conti. 193 pgs.

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Black conservatism is no oxymoron. Recent polls have indicated that an increasing number of black Americans identified themselves as conservatives, favoring smaller government, lower taxes, tougher crime laws, welfare reform, and personal initiative. While applauding the moral and legal victories of...
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Black conservatism is no oxymoron. Recent polls have indicated that an increasing number of black Americans identified themselves as conservatives, favoring smaller government, lower taxes, tougher crime laws, welfare reform, and personal initiative. While applauding the moral and legal victories of the Civil Rights Movement, the conservative spokespeople in this dynamic new collection reject the claims of inequities and what they consider to the self-serving agenda of the present civil rights establishment. National leaders such as Justice Clarence Thomas and former Representative Gary Franks and writers such as Shelby Steele and Glenn Loury appear either as contributors or as subjects in this volume. They emphasize the grassroots aspects of black conservatism with a reliance on common sense and common humanity.
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Race Rules: Navigating the Color Line (Chap. 5 "Black Folk Lifted by Their Bootstraps Should Beware of Heels: The State of Black Leadership") » Read Now
by Michael Eric Dyson. 234 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Their Bootstraps Should Beware of Heels The State of Black Leadership page 150 6 Behind Every Great Black...liberation. Theres a fair bit of anger at the failures of black...
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Subordination or Empowerment? African-American Leadership and the Struggle for Urban Political Power » Read Now
by Richard A. Keiser. 244 pgs.

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Why have Blacks won political empowerment in some cities and in others remained subordinated or had their achievements rolled back? Why do some cities have many Black leaders with multi-racial appeal while other cities have none? Subordination or Empowerment answers these questions through detailed...
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Why have Blacks won political empowerment in some cities and in others remained subordinated or had their achievements rolled back? Why do some cities have many Black leaders with multi-racial appeal while other cities have none? Subordination or Empowerment answers these questions through detailed historical examinations of the Black struggle for political power in Chicago, Gary, Philadelphia, and Atlanta. Keiser argues that electoral competition among White factions has created opportunities for Black leaders to win genuine political empowerment and avoid subordination. When electoral competition among Whites does not exist, Black votes lose their electoral leverage, leading to the rise of extra-electoral strategies. Keiser's dynamic theory of leadership formation explains the current appeal of Black separatism and messianism at the local and national levels and the consequent rise of leaders such as Louis Farakhan, and offers a rejoinder to Cornel West's critique of Black leadership in Race Matters.
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African American National Leadership: A Model for Complementarity, in The Western Journal of Black Studies » Read Now
by Terry Kershaw. 8 pgs.

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Race and Politics: New Challenges and Responses for Black Activism (Chap. 2 "The Right Wing in the U.S. Congress: Challenges for Black Leadership") » Read Now
by James Jennings. 212 pgs.

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In this sequel to his widely read Race, Politics & Economic Development, Jennings provides an acute survey of racial politics, with practical discussions of programmes designed for black activism.
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The Rise and Decline of an Alliance: Cuba and African American Leaders in the 1960s » Read Now
by Ruth Reitan. 160 pgs.

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In the 1960s a critical fracture occurred in the American Civil Rights movement creating, in the process, a new group of black nationalists.The burgeoning militant wing of the movement believed it had found a natural ally in Fidel Castro's Cuban revolutionary regime and forged a close relationship...
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In the 1960s a critical fracture occurred in the American Civil Rights movement creating, in the process, a new group of black nationalists.The burgeoning militant wing of the movement believed it had found a natural ally in Fidel Castro's Cuban revolutionary regime and forged a close relationship with its leaders. Revolutionary Cuba offered solidarity and support to civil rights leaders and urban militants alike, publicized throughout the world the plight of oppressed African Americans, exemplified a successful eradication of imperialist control, and fought against colonialism in Africa. Most important. Castro claimed his government had purged racism from Cuban society.
Ruth Reitan has meticulously researched this rich and largely unexplored relationship between the Castro regime and the U.S. black leadership in the 1960s. New insights, interviews, and alternative sources are intertwined with accounts that have been culled from the activists' writings and speeches generated over the past threedecades. These sources are also weighed against current scholarship, original documents, and newspaper accounts, and are placed in historical context.
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The Perils and Prospects of Southern Black Leadership: Gordon Blaine Hancock, 1884-1970 » Read Now
by Raymond Gavins. 226 pgs.

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...Perils and Prospects of Southern Black Leadership Gordon Blaine Hancock, 1952...Perils and Prospects of Southern Black Leadership: Gordon Blaine Hancock...
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Florida's Black Public Officials, 1867-1924 » Read Now
by Canter Brown Jr. 258 pgs.

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A ground-breaking study revealing the magnitude and impact of African American leadership in Florida during the post-Civil War era. This work also includes an extensive biographical directory of more than 600 officeholders, an appendix of officials by political subdivision, and more.
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Henry McNeal Turner versus the Tuskegee Machine: Black Leadership in the Nineteenth Century, in The Journal of Negro History » Read Now
by Gregory Mixon. 18 pgs.

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...the Tuskegee machine: black leadership in the nineteenth century...and Northern white leadership in the competition...philanthropists and the black intelligentsia."...
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Black Community Leadership in a Rural Tennessee County, 1865-1903, in The Journal of Negro History » Read Now
by Dorothy Granberry. 9 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library
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All That We Can Be: Black Leadership and Racial Integration the Army Way » Read Now
by John Sibley Butler, Charles C. Moskos. 198 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library
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Black Religious Leaders: Conflict in Unity » Read Now
by Peter J. Paris. 328 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library