Against the odds : scholars who challenged racism in the twentieth century

Against the odds : scholars who challenged racism in the twentieth century / edited by Benjamin P. Bowser and Louis Kushnick with Paul Grant.

Other author/creator	Bowser, Benjamin P.
Other author/creator	Kushnick, Louis.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, ©2002.
Description	ix, 264 pages ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	African American intellectuals--Political activity --History --20th century. Intellectuals--United States --Political activity --History --20th century. African American political activists--Biography. African American civil rights workers--Biography. Political activists--United States --Biography. Civil rights workers--United States --Biography. African Americans--Civil rights --History --20th century. African Americans--Intellectual life --20th century. Racism--United States --History --20th century. United States--Race relations.

Contents	A world libertarian : John Glover Jackson -- Portrait of a liberation scholar : John Henrik Clarke -- A lifetime of inquiry : Frank Snowden Jr. -- Writing about African Americans in American history : the career of John Hope Franklin -- Studies of the African diaspora : the work and reflections of St. Clair Drake -- Blending scholarship with public service : Robert C. Weaver -- Pursuing fieldwork in African American communities : some personal reflections of Hylan Lewis -- An architect of social change : Kenneth B. Clark -- Personal reflections on W.E.B. Du Bois : the person, scholar, and activist / by Herbert Aptheker and Fay Aptheker -- Vindication in speaking truth to power : Herbert Aptheker -- Catching history on the wing : A. Sivanandan as activist, teacher, and rebel / by Louis Kushnick and Paul Grant.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references.
LCCN	2001008663
ISBN	1558493433 (alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	E185.96 .A465 2002	✔ Available	Place Hold