From Du Bois to Obama : African American intellectuals in the public forum / Charles Pete Banner-Haley.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: What is an African American intellectual? -- The emergence of the black public intellectual : race, class, and the struggle against racism -- Black intellectuals and the quest for legitimacy : civil rights, black power, and the expenditure of moral capital -- The conservative revolution and its impact on Afro America, 1980-1992 -- Popular culture and the African American intellectual search for a new American identity -- A new century and new challenges : the visibility of African American intellectuals and the construction of diasporic diversity.

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In his groundbreaking new book Charles Pete Banner-Haley explores the history of African American intellectualism and reveals the efforts of black intellectuals in the ongoing struggle against racism, showing how they have responded to Jim Crow segregation, violence against black Americans, and the more subtle racism of the postintegration age. Banner-Haley asserts that African American intellectuals-including academicians, social critics, activists, and writers-serve to generate debate, policy, and change, acting as a moral force to persuade Americans to acknowledge their his.

English.

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