However, by the end of his life, he became disillusioned and concluded that the best hope for their future lay in emigration back to Africa."--BOOK JACKET.
"--New York Daily News "Henry Louis Gates., Jr., and Cornel West are among the most renowned American intellectuals of our time."--New York Times Book Review "From the Trade Paperback edition.
The book opens a whole new perspective on the question of race in American history. Winner of the Mayflower Society Award for nonfiction. "A major contribution to black intellectual history."--William Van Deburg, American Historical Review.
Accessible introduction to the life and times of one of the towering figures of the American Civil Rights movement
Interviews with the descendents of figures such as Paul Robeson and Oliver Golden offer rare personal insights into the story of a group of emigrants who, confronted by the daunting challenges of making a life for themselves in a racist ...
The book also includes appendixes with little-known speeches and essays by Anna Julia Cooper, Selena Sloan Butler, Lucy Wilmot Smith, Mary V. Cook, Adella Hunt Logan, Victoria Earle Matthews, Lucy Laney, and Georgia Swift King.
The Crisis of the Negro Intellectual
A collection of essays looking back at the influence of The Crisis of the Negro Intellectual, first published 35 years ago.