The African American jeremiad : appeals for justice in America / David Howard-Pitney.

Author/creator Howard-Pitney, David
Other author Howard-Pitney, David.
Format Book
EditionRev. and expanded ed.
Publication InfoPhiladelphia : Temple University Press, 2005.
Descriptionviii, 277 pages ; 22 cm
Subjects

Contents Frederick Douglass's Antebellum jeremiad against slavery and racism -- The brief life of Douglass's "new nation" : from emancipation-reconstruction to returning declension, 1861-1895 -- The jeremiad in the age of Booker T. Washington : Washington versus Ida B. Wells, 1895-1915 -- Great expectations : W.E.B. Du Bois's American jeremiad in the progressive era -- Mary McLeod Bethune and W.E.B. Du Bois : rising and waning hopes for America at midcentury -- Martin Luther King, Jr., and America's promise in the second reconstruction, 1955-1965 -- Malcolm X : Jeremiah to blacks, damner of whites - to the end? -- King's radical jeremiad, 1965-1968 : America as the "sick society" -- Conclusion : the enduring black jeremiad.
General noteRev. ed. of: The Afro-American jeremiad. 1990.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [229]-267 ) and index.
LCCN 2005040047
ISBN1592133282 (alk. paper)
ISBN1592134157 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks E185 .H65 2005 ✔ Available Place Hold