African-American Social and Political Thought: 1850-1920

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Howard Brotz
Transaction Publishers, 31 dic 2011 - 641 páginas
In bringing together the most characteristic and serious writings by black scholars, authors, journalists, and educators from the years that preceded the modem civil rights movement, African-American Social and Political Thought provides a comprehensive guide to the range and diversity of black thought. The volume offers a deep history of how the terms of contemporary debate over the future of black Americans were formed. The writings assembled here reveal a tension and a thread between two essential poles of thought. These include those voices that clearly projected civic assimilation as the goal of black aspiration, and those who described how this aim would be achieved, as well as nationalist or separatist voices that despaired of ever having a dignified future in a biracial society. These two positions reflect the most fundamental questions faced by any minority group. In his forceful and courageous introduction to this new edition, Howard Brotz relates the thoughts and reflections of these black thinkers to the social and political situation of blacks in America today and argues against the political orthodoxy and sociological determinism that perpetuates the image of the black as a perennial and passive victim. In the scope and quality of its contents, African-American Social and Political Thought is a unique, invaluable source book for cultural historians, sociologists, and students of black history.
 

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Introduction to the Original Edition
1
Martin R Delany
37
Edward W Blyden
112
James T Holly
140
Alexander Crummell
171
African Civilization Society
191
Henry Highland Garnet
199
Frederick Douglass
203
T Thomas Fortune
332
Booker T Washington
351
Archibald H Grimke
464
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois
483
Marcus Garvey
553
Sources and Acknowledgments
577
Index
581
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Howard Brotz was professor of sociology at McMaster University in Ontario, Canada. He is the author of The Black Jews of Harlem

B. William Austin is president and CEO of the Village Foundation and is a former program director of the W. K. Kellogg Foundation.

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