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Book SynopsisThe first volume to investigate the accountability and relevance of African American political organizations since the end of the modern Civil Rights Movement in 1968
Trade Review[A] worthwhile collection that examines the role of the countryÆs leading black organizations in the post-civil rights era. * New York Press *
Essential reading for those interested in Black civil society in the post-civil rights era. A balanced and comprehensive account of Black leadership today. -- Charles Henry * Professor of African American Studies, University of California, Berkeley *
Table of ContentsIntroduction: the relevance of Black political organizations in the post-Civil Rights era / Ollie A. Johnson III and Karin L. Stanford
Will the circle be unbroken? The political involvement of Black churches since the 1960s / Allison Calhoun-Brown
The NAACP in the twenty-first century / Robert C. Smith
The National Urban League: reinventing service for the twenty-first century / Jennifer A. Wade and Brian N. Williams
A layin' on of hands: Black women's community work / Erika L. Gordon
From protest to Black conservatism: the demise of the Congress of Racial Equality / Charles E. Jones
"You're not ready for Farrakhan": the Nation of Islam and the struggle for Black political leadership, 1984-2000 / Claude A. Clegg III
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference: beyond the Civil Rights Movement / F. Carl Walton
Reverend Jesse Jackson and the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition: institutionalizing economic opportunity / Karin L. Stanford
"We refused to lay down our spears": the persistence of welfare rights activism, 1966-1996 / Todd C. Shaw
Black political leadership in the Post-Civil Rights era / Akwasi B. Assensoh and Yvette Alex-Assensoh
Where do we go from here? Facing the challenges of the post-Civil Rights era / Valerie C. Johnson
