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The Future of the Race

by Cornel West

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Almost one-hundred years ago, W.E.B. Du Bois proposed the notion of the "talented tenth," an African American elite that would serve as leaders and models for the larger black community. In this unprecedented collaboration, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and Cornel West--two of Du Bois's most prominent intellectual descendants--reassess that relationship and its implications for the future of black Americans. If the 1990s are the best of times for the heirs of the Talented Tenth, they are unquestionably worse for the growing black underclass. As they examine the origins of this widening gulf and propose solutions for it, Gates and West combine memoir and biography, social analysis and cultural survey into a book that is incisive and compassionate, cautionary and deeply stirring. <P><BR>"Today's most public African American intellectual voices...West and Gates have made a valuable contribution."--Julian Bond, Philadelphia Inquirer <P>"Brilliant...a social, cultural and political blueprint...that attempts to illumine the future path for blacks and American democracy."--New York Daily News <P>"Henry Louis Gates., Jr., and Cornel West are among the most renowned American intellectuals of our time."--New York Times Book Review

Product Details

ISBN:
9780679763789
With:
West, Cornel
Author:
West, Cornel
Author:
Gates, Henry Louis
Author:
Gates, Henry Louis, Jr. JR. JR. JR.
Author:
West, Cornel
Author:
Gates, Henry Louis, Jr. JR. JR. JR.
Publisher:
Vintage Books USA
Location:
New York :
Subject:
Leadership
Subject:
American
Subject:
United states
Subject:
Afro-americans
Subject:
Ethnology
Subject:
U.S. Government
Subject:
Anthropology - Cultural
Subject:
African American Studies
Subject:
Race relations
Subject:
African Americans
Subject:
Upper class
Subject:
United States Race relations.
Subject:
African American leadership
Subject:
African American intellectuals
Subject:
Ethnic Studies - African American Studies
Subject:
Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General
Subject:
Government - U.S. Government
Edition Description:
1st Vintage Books ed.
Series Volume:
83
Publication Date:
January 1997
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
196
Dimensions:
7.88x5.32x.59 in. .53 lbs.

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