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Dispatches from the Ebony Tower: Intellectuals Confront the African American Experience Book
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In the wake of the civil rights and black power movements of the 1960s, a new discipline called black studies emerged in America's universities in the early 1970s. Now, as demonstrated in this diverse collection, black studies is firmly entrenched in the academic realm. But what is black studies? According to Columbia University professor Manning Marable, editor of Dispatches from the Ebony Tower, "the black intellectual tradition has always been descriptive, that is, presenting the reality of black life and experience from the point of view of the blacks themselves.... It has attempted to challenge and to critique the racism and stereotypes." Though the writers, poets, historians, and academics featured in this book cross many political and ideological lines, they all adhere to the spirit of this definition in their collective critiques. Among the highlights: Maulana Karenga and Molefi Kete Asante review the overall history of black studies and outline the doctrines of Afrocentricity; Marable and Henry Louis Gates Jr. debate the role of activism in black studies; Kamala Kempadoo and Brian Meeks chronicle the plight of black prostitution in the Caribbean and the political dimensions of Jamaica; Cornel West deconstructs Louis Farrakhan and the future of African American progressive leadership; esteemed historian John Hope Franklin offers a personal history of his life; and Amiri Baraka looks at the impact of, and resistance to, global white supremacy. In all, Dispatches from the Ebony Tower is a strong indication that African American intellectualism is alive and well. --Eugene Holley Jr.
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Product Description
What constitutes black studies and where does this discipline stand at the end of the twentieth century? In this wide-ranging and original volume, Manning Marable -one of the leading scholars of African American history -gathers key materials from contemporary thinkers who interrogate the richly diverse content and multiple meanings of the collective experiences of black folk.
Here are numerous voices expressing very different political, cultural, and historical views, from black conservatives, to black separatists, to blacks who advocate radical democratic transformation. Here are topics ranging from race and revolution in Cuba, to the crack epidemic in Harlem, to Afrocentrism and its critics. All of these voices, however, are engaged in some aspect of what Marable sees as the essential triad of the black intellectual tradition: describing the reality of black life and experiences, critiquing racism and stereotypes, or proposing positive steps for the empowerment of black people.
Highlights from Dispatches from the Ebony Tower:
·Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Manning Marable debate the role of activism in black studies.
·John Hope Franklin reflects on his role as chair of the President´s race initiative.
·Cornel West discusses topics that range from the future of the NAACP through the controversies surrounding Louis Farrakhan and black nationalism to the very question of what "race" means.
·Amiri Baraka lays out strategies for a radical new curriculum in our schools and universities.
·Marable´s introduction provides a thorough overview of the history and current state of black studies in America.
- 023111477X
- 9780231114776
- M Marable
- 20 March 2001
- Columbia University Press
- Paperback (Book)
- 352
- New Ed
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