Yes We Did?: From King's Dream to Obama's Promise

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 Index Abernathy, Rev. Ralph, 11, 61–62, 69–70 academic works bias against African Americans, 84–86 accommodationism, 44–45 African Americans anxiety for an Obama victory, 238–39 community and, 36–38 the criminal justice system and, 222–23 defiance and, 46–47 education and, 221 financial status of, 236 group identity, 120 incarceration and, 17–18, 222–23 male self-image and, 180–81 negative bias against, 83–86 the Obama victory and, 239–42 poverty and, 16 powerlessness in the Jim Crow South, 24–29 pseudoscientific views on, 29–30 public health and, 16–17, 224 symbols of success, 149 white Americans’ attitudes toward the problems of, 19 youth culture and, 18–19 All the President’s Men (Woodward & Bernstein), 75 American Communist Party, 139–40 American Dilemma, An (myrdal), 84–85 Armstrong, James, 63, 138–39, 167–68 Atlanta, Georgia, 97, 200 Atlanta Compromise address (Washington), 23–24 Aurora, 90 authority, 18–19 Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, The (TV movie), 80 auto industry, 154 Bailey, Thomas, 31 Ballance, Frank on black identity, 198 on black leadership following King, 213–14 on experiencing segregation, 117 on Adam Clayton Powell, 43, 105, 114 on the responsibilities of representatives, 124 on the rural black economic plight, 151 “Ball of Confusion” (song), 60–61 “The Ballot or the Bullet” speech (malcolm X), 100–101 Baraka, Amiri, 58 Bell, Keiara, 156, 157 Bell Curve, The (Herrnstein & murray), 85–86  index Bernstein, Carl, 74, 75 Bevel, James, 12, 199 Biggie Smalls. See Notorious B.I.G., The (Biggie Smalls) Birmingham campaign, 166 Black, Timuel on arrogance in young black leaders, 174 on the black community, 190 on black identity, 195–96 on the Communist Party, 139–40 on the economic gulf between African Americans, 148 on the future of black leadership, 225 on King’s importance, 65 reflections on the past, 221–22 Black and Tan movement, 117 Black Belt, 116 black community black identity and, 194 black leadership and, 37–38, 192–93 current condition of, 193–95 past importance of, 36, 190–92 significance of, 36–38 black community leaders accommodation and, 44–45 the civil rights movement and, 45–48 community expectations for, 43 reflections on qualities and significance of, 38–43 (see also black leadership) black conservatives, 208–9 black culture black resistance and, 163 criticisms of modern youth, 167–69 generational conflicts and, 163–65 globalization and, 165–66 significance of, 163 (see also black youth culture) Black Economic Development Conference, 157 black economic underdevelopment assistance from unexpected sources, 158–60 black attitudes about money and, 160–61 the black elite and, 148–49 black entrepreneurs and, 146–47 calls for reparations, 157–58 causes of, 137–38 the civil rights movement and, 142–46 the current national economic distress and, 151–52 the economic gulf between African Americans and, 149–50 education and, 156–57 effects of, 137 efforts to address, 151 King on, 143–44, 145 modern story of, 138–42 predictions of economic disaster and, 152–53 racial segregation and, 155–56 societal attitudes toward wealth and, 147–48 statistics on, 150, 155 structural economic change and, 153–55 black elite, 147, 148–49 Black Enterprise, 221 Black Entertainment Television, 88 black entrepreneurship entrepreneurial class, 146–47 hip-hop culture and, 185–86 index  black families male incarceration and, 18 black freedom struggle changing attitudes in the 1960s, 56–57 at the close of the 1960s, 60–61 Detroit riot, 58–59 importance of elective politics to, 112–13 King’s assassination and, 68, 70 King’s concerns over divisions within, 56 police violence and, 73 michele Wallace on, 49–50 and white calls for law and order, 70–74 (see also civil rights movement) black identity accommodationists and collaborators, 199–204 the black community and, 194 Du Bois on, 55, 189 King on, 55 Obama and, 237–38 perspectives on, 195–205 Randall Robinson on, 189 black leadership the black community and, 192–93 charisma and, 5 conservative, 208–9 criticisms of modern leaders, 217–19 the current generational gap and, 173–75 effect of poverty programs on, 195 fundamental problem facing, 31–32 generational divide and, 15–16, 21 hip-hop and, 210 issues of cooperation and unity, 215–16 King and, 4–5 Louis Lomax on, 50–51 male chauvinism in, 52 masculinization of, 34–35 ministers and, 214–15 modern challenges of, 20–21 modern goals of...