Nelson 'Berky'

The Rise and Fall of Modern Black Leadership (eBook, ePUB)

Chronicle of a Twentieth Century Tragedy

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Rise and Fall of Modern Black Leadership is designed to show how black leaders responded to the omnipresent racism of twentieth century America. Although the efforts of black leadership eventually succeeded in eradicating de jure discrimination and brought the nation closer to realizing the idealized tenets of American democracy, their achievements occurred at a cost to their influence as leaders of the entire race. Synopses appear on the lives of the influential men and women who comprised the leadership cadre so that readers can understand the motives underlying leadership goals, and comprehend why the lofty objectives of the Civil Rights Movement remain unfulfilled.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Mai 2003
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781461691761
• Artikelnr.: 74628443

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