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Baker, Houston A.

Betrayal how Black intellectuals have abandoned the ideals of the civil rights era / [electronic resource] : Houston A. Baker, Jr. - New York : Columbia University Press, c2008. - xxi, 242 p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-232) and index.

Introduction: Little Africa -- Jail : Southern detention to global liberation -- Friends like these : race and neoconservatism -- After civil rights : the rise of Black public intellectuals -- Have mask, will travel : centrists from the Ivy League -- A capital fellow from Hoover : Shelby Steele -- Reflections of a first amendment trickster : Stephen Carter -- Man without connection : John McWhorter -- American myth : illusions of liberty and justice for all -- Prison : colored bodies, private profit -- Conclusion: What then must we do?


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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Nat. Bib. No.: GBA776848 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
African American intellectuals--Political activity.
African Americans--Civil rights.
Civil rights movements--United States.

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Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: E185.615 / .B27 2008

Dewey Class. No.: 323.1196/073