H. Viscount 'Berky' Nelson

Rise and Fall of Modern Black Leadership

Chronicle of a Twentieth Century Tragedy

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Produktbeschreibung

The Rise and Fall of Modern Black Leadership examines the leaders and evolving leadership patterns from 1890 to 2000. The reader will learn how the larger society impinged on African Americans during the twentieth century and ascertain why contemporary black leaders no longer serve their race.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of America
• Seitenzahl: 402
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Mai 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 650g
• ISBN-13: 9780761825623
• ISBN-10: 0761825622
• Artikelnr.: 21528448

Autorenporträt

H. Viscount 'Berky' Nelson, Ph.D. is the Director of the Center for Student Programming and Lecturer in Social Sciences at UCLA.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2 Introduction
Chapter 3 Consciousness of Race: Late Nineteenth Century Leaders and the
Prelude to Modern Leadership; The Rising Color Line; Progressives and the
Search for Opportunity; The 1920s: A Restructuring of Black Leadership
Chapter 4 Consciousness of Class: The Great Depression and New Directions
in Black Leadership; World War II and the Genesis of Modern Leadership; The
1950s: Civil Rights as a Middle Class Panacea; The 1960s: A Decade of
Contentious Leadership
Chapter 5 Consciousness of Self: The Nixon Years and the Retrenchment of
Civil Rights; The Waning of Black Leadership; Gatekeepers at the Door
Chapter 6 Epilogue
Chapter 7 Notes
Chapter 8 Bibliography
Chapter 9 Index