The Rise and Fall of Modern Black Leadership: Chronicle of a Twentieth Century Tragedy
- ISBN-10
- 0761825622
- ISBN-13
- 9780761825623
- Category
- Political Science / History & Theory
- Pages
- 384
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003
- Publisher
- University Press of America
- Author
- H. Viscount Nelson
Description
The Rise and Fall of Modern Black Leadership is designed to show how black leaders responded to the omnipresent racism of twentieth century America. Although the efforts of black leadership eventually succeeded in eradicating de jure discrimination and brought the nation closer to realizing the idealized tenets of American democracy, their achievements occurred at a cost to their influence as leaders of the entire race. Synopses appear on the lives of the influential men and women who comprised the leadership cadre so that readers can understand the motives underlying leadership goals, and comprehend why the lofty objectives of the Civil Rights Movement remain unfulfilled.
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