Against the odds : scholars who challenged racism in the twentieth century / edited by Benjamin P. Bowser and Louis Kushnick with Paul Grant.

Other author Bowser, Benjamin P.
Other author Kushnick, Louis.
Format Book
Publication InfoAmherst : University of Massachusetts Press, ©2002.
Descriptionix, 264 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects
African American intellectuals--Political activity. --History. --20th century.
Intellectuals--United States. --Political activity. --History. --20th century.
African American political activists--Biography.
African American civil rights workers--Biography.
Political activists--United States. --Biography.
Civil rights workers--United States. --Biography.
African Americans--Civil rights. --History. --20th century.
African Americans--Intellectual life. --20th century.
Racism--United States. --History. --20th century.
United States--Race relations.

Contents A world libertarian : John Glover Jackson -- Portrait of a liberation scholar : John Henrik Clarke -- A lifetime of inquiry : Frank Snowden Jr. -- Writing about African Americans in American history : the career of John Hope Franklin -- Studies of the African diaspora : the work and reflections of St. Clair Drake -- Blending scholarship with public service : Robert C. Weaver -- Pursuing fieldwork in African American communities : some personal reflections of Hylan Lewis -- An architect of social change : Kenneth B. Clark -- Personal reflections on W.E.B. Du Bois : the person, scholar, and activist / by Herbert Aptheker and Fay Aptheker -- Vindication in speaking truth to power : Herbert Aptheker -- Catching history on the wing : A. Sivanandan as activist, teacher, and rebel / by Louis Kushnick and Paul Grant.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
LCCN 2001008663
ISBN1558493433 (alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks E185.96 .A465 2002 ✔ Available Place Hold