xxxii, 290 pages ; 23 cm
This volume is the first comprehensive examination of African American conservative thought and politics from the late eighteenth century to the present. The essays in the collection explore various aspects of African American conservatism, including biographical studies of abolitionist James Forten, clergymen Henry McNeal Turner and J.H. Jackson, and activists A. Philip Randolph and Bayard Rustin. Thematic essays in the volume consider southern black conservatism in the late nineteenth century and after World War I, African American success manuals, Ellisonian cultural criticism, the Nation of Islam, and African Americans and the Republican Party after 1964. - Publisher
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-279) and index
James Forten, conservative radical / Julie Winch -- Henry McNeal Turner-- conservative? Radical? Or independent? / Stephen W. Angell -- Southern Black conservatism, 1865-1945 : an introduction / Peter Eisenstadt -- The Washington legacy : a history of Black political conservatism in America, 1915-1944 / Henry Lewis Suggs -- Radical rhetoric, conservative reality : the Nation of Islam as an American conservative formation / Hayward Farrar -- The African-American gospel of business success / Walter A. Friedman -- Ralph Ellison, Albert Murray, Stanley Crouch, and modern Black cultural conservatism / Greg Robinson -- Uncle Tom, pragmatist, or visionary? : An assessment of the Reverend Dr. Joseph Harrison Jackson and civil rights / Sandy Dwayne Martin -- The evolution of A. Philip Randolph and Bayard Rustin from radicalism to conservatism / Paula F. Pfeffer -- The Republican Party and the African-American vote since 1964 / Edward Ashbee

Black Conservatism: Essays in Intellectual and Political History (Crosscurrents in African American History)

Eisenstadt, Peter R., 1954-

edited by Peter Eisenstadt

Peter R. Eisenstadt

Garland Publishing, Incorporated

New York: Garland Pub.

Crosscurrents in African American history ;, v. 3, Garland reference library of the humanities ;, v. 2016, New York, New York State, 1999

United States, United States of America

1 edition, December 1, 1998

1, US, 1998

Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-279) and index.

James Forten, Conservative Radical / J. Winch -- Henry Mcneal Turner--conservative? Radical? Or Independent? / S. Angell -- Southern Black Conservatism, 1865-1945 : An Introduction / P. Eisenstadt -- The Washingtonian Legacy : A History Of Black Political Conservatism In America, 1915-1944 / H. Suggs -- Radical Rhetoric, Conservative Reality : The Nation Of Islam As An American Conservative Formation / H. Farrar -- The African-american Gospel Of Business Success / W. Friedman -- Ralph Ellison, Albert Murray, Stanley Crouch, And Modern Black Cultural Conservatism / G. Robinson -- Uncle Tom, Pragmatist Or Visionary? : An Assessment Of The Reverend Dr. Joseph Harrison Jackson And Civil Rights / S. Martin -- The Evolution Of A. Philip Randolph And Bayard Rustin From Radicalism To Conservatism / P. Pfeffer -- The Republican Party And The African-american Vote Since 1964 / E. Ashbee. Edited By Peter Eisenstadt. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [263]-279) And Index.

"James Forten-whose name I never mention but my heart swells within me."

2023-06-28