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- catalog abstract "In the volumes of literature on black history and thought too few books have focused on the black thinkers who have helped shape the course of American culture. Now, this landmark work reveals the complex and vital role of African American intellectuals in the United States. It is a rich history, beginning with the arrival of Africans as slaves, when medicine men and conjurers held ancient, powerful wisdom. Author William Banks discusses with absorbing insight prominent. figures ranging from such black pioneers as Alexander Crummell, Frederick Douglass, and Anna Cooper to intellectuals of the modern age such as W.E.B. Du Bois, Alain Locke, E. Franklin Frazier, and Toni Morrison. These and hundreds of other black scholars and artists - many of them interviewed for this volume - people an enlightened and imaginative landscape, fascinating in both its range and its diversity. Full in historical scope and cultural vision, Black Intellectuals also illuminates facets of American history such as African tribal traditions; American slavery; and black schools, churches, politics, and popular culture. It is a comprehensive and readable history of African American intellectuals.-- Book Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Black intellectuals".
- catalog contributor b9878221.
- catalog created "c1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "c1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
- catalog description "In the volumes of literature on black history and thought too few books have focused on the black thinkers who have helped shape the course of American culture. Now, this landmark work reveals the complex and vital role of African American intellectuals in the United States. It is a rich history, beginning with the arrival of Africans as slaves, when medicine men and conjurers held ancient, powerful wisdom. Author William Banks discusses with absorbing insight prominent. figures ranging from such black pioneers as Alexander Crummell, Frederick Douglass, and Anna Cooper to intellectuals of the modern age such as W.E.B. Du Bois, Alain Locke, E. Franklin Frazier, and Toni Morrison. These and hundreds of other black scholars and artists - many of them interviewed for this volume - people an enlightened and imaginative landscape, fascinating in both its range and its diversity. Full in historical scope and cultural vision, Black Intellectuals also illuminates facets of American history such as African tribal traditions; American slavery; and black schools, churches, politics, and popular culture. It is a comprehensive and readable history of African American intellectuals.-- Book Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-322) and index.".
- catalog description "Laying the foundations -- Black thinkers in a White movement -- The Black intellectual infrastructure -- Slowly making their mark -- Prosperity, change, and more of the same -- Beyond incubation: a talented but trapped tenth -- Not a lull, not a storm -- Standing at the crossroads -- Capturing the definition -- Rude awakenings -- Imagining for the people -- What shall I render? -- Epilogue: Or crust and sugar over.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 335 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0393039897 (cloth)".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "c1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : W.W. Norton,".
- catalog subject "305.896/073 20".
- catalog subject "African American intellectuals.".
- catalog subject "African Americans Intellectual life.".
- catalog subject "E185.86 .B267 1996".
- catalog tableOfContents "Laying the foundations -- Black thinkers in a White movement -- The Black intellectual infrastructure -- Slowly making their mark -- Prosperity, change, and more of the same -- Beyond incubation: a talented but trapped tenth -- Not a lull, not a storm -- Standing at the crossroads -- Capturing the definition -- Rude awakenings -- Imagining for the people -- What shall I render? -- Epilogue: Or crust and sugar over.".
- catalog title "Black intellectuals : race and responsibility in American life / William M. Banks.".
- catalog title "Black intellectuals".
- catalog type "text".