| Description |
xiii, 339 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
SUNY series in African American studies |
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SUNY series in African American studies.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-317) and index. |
| Contents |
Wichita to Washington -- Black power -- Black studies -- Brandeis -- Howard -- Paradoxes of Black power: community, culture and ideology -- White power, White nationalism -- Leadership in search of Black power -- Black power and presidential politics -- Asking for the moon: Black power and reparations -- Black power and democracy in America: the ultimate paradox -- Ronald Walters and the long black intellectual tradition -- Fighting for the black Perspective -- Epilogue: Ndaba. |
| Summary |
From his leadership of the first modern lunch counter sit-ins at age twenty to his work on African American reparations at the time of his death at age seventy-two, Ronald W. Walters (1938-2010) was at the cutting edge of African American politics. A preeminent scholar, activist, and media commentator, he was founding chair of the Black Studies Department at Brandeis, where he shaped the epistemological parameters of the new discipline. Walters was an early strategist of congressional black power and a longtime advocate of a black presidential candidacy. His writings on the politics of race in America both predicted the constraints on President Obama in advancing African American interests and anticipated the emergence of the white nationalism found in the Tea Party and Donald Trump insurgency. In this fascinating book, Robert C. Smith combines history and biography to offer an overview of the last half century of black politics in America through the lends of the life and work of the man often described at the W.E.B. Du Bois of his time--back cover. |
| Subject |
Walters, Ronald W.
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Walters, Ronald W. (OCoLC)fst01930042
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African American political activists -- Biography.
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Black power -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Black power -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
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United States -- Race relations.
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African American political activists. (OCoLC)fst00799307
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Black power. (OCoLC)fst00833747
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Race relations. (OCoLC)fst01086509
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Chronological Term |
1900-2099
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| Genre/Form |
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Smith, Robert C. (Robert Charles), 1947- Ronald W. Walters and the fight for Black power, 1969-2010. Albany : State University of New York Press, 2018 9781438468686 (DLC) 2017015952 |
| Standard No. |
40027901526 |
| ISBN |
9781438468679 (hardcover ;) (alkaline paper) |
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1438468679 (hardcover ;) (alkaline paper) |
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9781438468662 (paperback ;) (alkaline paper) |
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1438468660 (paperback ;) (alkaline paper) |
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9781438468686 (ebook) |
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