From Du Bois to Obama: African American Intellectuals in the Public Forum

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Contents Preface ix Introduction: What Is an African American Intellectual? 1 1. The Emergence of the Black Public Intellectual: Race, Class, and the Struggle against Racism 12 2. Black Intellectuals and the Quest for Legitimacy: Civil Rights, Black Power, and the Expenditure of Moral Capital 32 3. The Conservative Revolution and Its Impact on Afro America, 1980–1992 63 4. Popular Culture and the African American Intellectual Search for a New American Identity 85 5. A New Century and New Challenges: The Visibility of African American Intellectuals and the Construction of Diasporic Diversity 105 Notes 127 Bibliography 143 Index 155 %DQQHU+DOH\)URQWPDWWHULQGG $0 %DQQHU+DOH\)URQWPDWWHULQGG $0 ...