James Farmer and the Roots of a Black Activist-Intellectual
James Farmer conceptualized and developed a nonviolent direct-action philosophy that could be applied in the United States. He drew inspiration from
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Black Political Thought
Angela Davis, Charlene Mitchell, and the NAARPR
In June 1972, an all-white jury acquitted Angela Davis of charges in her alleged role in an August 1970 Marin County, California
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Searching for Anna Douglass in the Archives
On a warm August afternoon in 1882, 3,000 family, friends, and acquaintances gathered to pay their respects to Mrs. Anna
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Resurrecting Shirley Chisholm from Symbol to Life
Fifteen years ago, I decided to write a biography of a Black woman. My scholarly genealogy pushed me toward such
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Ideological Hegemony: A Precursor to Institutional Racism
Intellectuals advanced the concept of ideological hegemony, which is applicable to the establishment and change of relationships between Caucasians and
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