Crisis of Leadership and the Role of Citizens in Black America - Leaders of the New School

This book investigates the role, duties, and obligations of leaders and citizens through examining post-Civil Rights Black leaders and the patterns of behavior within the African American community. The major themes of this book include the significance of service, sacrifice, and commitment to the common good.

List of contents

Introduction
Chapter 1: Constructing Black Citizenship and the Second-Class Citizen
Chapter 2: On the Habits of Citizenship
Chapter 3: On Bad Citizens, Bad Habits, and Bad Leadership
Chapter 4: On the Failures of Black Leadership
Chapter 5: On Black Leadership
Conclusion

About the author

By Stephen C.W. Graves

Summary

This book investigates the role, duties, and obligations of leaders and citizens through examining post–Civil Rights Black leaders and the patterns of behavior within the African American community. The major themes of this book include the significance of service, sacrifice, and commitment to the common good.

Product details

• Authors: Stephen Graves, Stephen C. W. Graves, Stephen C.W. Graves
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2018
• EAN: 9780739197929
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-9792-9
• No. of pages: 220
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Ethnic Studies, Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, Political leaders & leadership, Social and cultural history, Civil rights & citizenship, Human rights, civil rights, Political leaders and leadership, Black & Asian Studies, Civics and citizenship, Relating to African American / Black American people, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General