Betrayal : how Black intellectuals have abandoned the ideals of the civil rights era / Houston A. Baker, Jr.

Author/creator Baker, Houston A.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Columbia University Press, ©2008.
Descriptionxxi, 242 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Introduction: Little Africa -- Jail : Southern detention to global liberation -- Friends like these : race and neoconservatism -- After civil rights : the rise of Black public intellectuals -- Have mask, will travel : centrists from the Ivy League -- A capital fellow from Hoover : Shelby Steele -- Reflections of a first amendment trickster : Stephen Carter -- Man without connection : John McWhorter -- American myth : illusions of liberty and justice for all -- Prison : colored bodies, private profit -- Conclusion: What then must we do?
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [227]-232) and index.
LCCN 2007031662
ISBN9780231139649 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0231139640 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780231511445 (e-book)
ISBN0231511442 (e-book)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks E 185.615 .B27 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold