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100 1  Rogers, Melvin L. 
245 14 The darkened light of faith :|brace, democracy, and 
       freedom in African American political thought. 
260    Oxford:|bPrinceton University Press|c2023. 
300    380 pages|c25 cm 
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520    Could the African American political tradition save 
       American democracy? African Americans have had every 
       reason to reject America's democratic experiment. Yet 
       African American activists, intellectuals, and artists who
       have sought to transform the United States into a racially
       just society have put forward some of the most original 
       and powerful ideas about how to make America live up to 
       its democratic ideals. In The Darkened Light of Faith, 
       Melvin Rogers provides a bold new account of African 
       American political thought through the works and lives of 
       individuals who built this vital tradition--a tradition 
       that is urgently needed today. The book reexamines how 
       figures as diverse as David Walker, Frederick Douglass, 
       Anna Julia Cooper, Ida B. Wells, W.E.B. Du Bois, Billie 
       Holiday, and James Baldwin thought about the politics, 
       people, character, and culture of a society that so often 
       dominated them. Sharing a light of faith darkened but not 
       extinguished by the tragic legacy of slavery, they 
       resisted the conclusion that America would always be 
       committed to white supremacy. They believed that democracy
       is always in the process of becoming and that they could 
       use it to reimagine society. But they also saw that 
       achieving racial justice wouldn't absolve us of the 
       darkest features of our shared past, and that democracy 
       must be measured by how skillfully we confront a history 
       that will forever remain with us. An ambitious account of 
       the profound ways African Americans have reimagined 
       democracy, The Darkened Light of Faith offers invaluable 
       lessons about how to grapple with racial injustice and 
       make democracy work. --Publisher's site 
650  0 African Americans|xPolitics and government|xPhilosophy. 
650  0 Democracy|xMoral and ethical aspects|zUnited States. 
650  0 Political science|zUnited States|xPhilosophy. 
650  0 African Americans|xIntellectual life. 
650  0 African Americans|xCivil rights|xPhilosophy. 
650  0 African American leadership|zUnited States. 
650  7 POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy.
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