Transformation of the African American Intelligentsia, 18802012

After Reconstruction, African Americans found themselves largely excluded from politics, higher education, and the professions. Martin Kilson explores how a modern African American intelligentsia developed amid institutionalized racism. He argues passionately for an ongoing commitment to communitarian leadership in the tradition of Du Bois.

About the author

Martin Kilson (1931–2019) was Frank G. Thomson Professor of Government, Emeritus, at Harvard University.Henry Louis Gates, Jr., is the author of numerous books and has written extensively on the history of race and anti-Black racism in the Enlightenment. His most recent works include Stony the Road and The Black Church. He is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University.

Summary

After Reconstruction, African Americans found themselves largely excluded from politics, higher education, and the professions. Martin Kilson explores how a modern African American intelligentsia developed amid institutionalized racism. He argues passionately for an ongoing commitment to communitarian leadership in the tradition of Du Bois.

Product details

• Authors: Martin Kilson, Kilson Martin
• Assisted by: Henry Louis Gates (Foreword)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.06.2014
• EAN: 9780674283541
• ISBN: 978-0-674-28354-1
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: W. E. B. Du Bois Lectures; W.E.B. Du Bois Lectures; The W. E. B. Du Bois Lectures; W.E.B. Du Bois Lectures
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Ethnic Studies, HISTORY / Social History, HISTORY / United States / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, Sociology & anthropology, History of the Americas, Civil rights & citizenship, Civics and citizenship