On the corner : African American intellectuals and the urban crisis

On the corner : African American intellectuals and the urban crisis / Daniel Matlin.

In July 1964 when a Harlem riot shifted attention to the crisis in northern cities, African American intellectuals were thrust into the spotlight as interpreters of black urban life to white America. On the Corner revisits the moment when black urban life became, for these intellectuals, "the t...

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Main Author: Matlin, Daniel
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2013.
Subjects:
Clark, Kenneth Bancroft, > 1914-2005 > Political and social views.
Baraka, Amiri, > 1934-2014 > Political and social views.
Bearden, Romare, > 1911-1988 > Political and social views.
Baraka, Amiri, > 1934-2014
Bearden, Romare, > 1911-1988
Clark, Kenneth Bancroft, > 1914-2005
1900-1999
African American intellectuals > History > 20th century.
African American intellectuals > Biography.
African Americans > Social conditions > 1964-1975.
Inner cities > United States > History > 20th century.
Urban policy > United States > History > 20th century.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Civil Rights.
African American intellectuals
African Americans > Social conditions
Inner cities
Political and social views
Social conditions
Urban policy
Schwarze
Intellektueller
Sozialer Wandel
Stadt
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > Social conditions > 20th century.
New York (N.Y.) > Social conditions > 20th century.
New York (State) > New York
New York (State) > New York > Harlem
United States
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Online Access:Click for online access
Description
Summary:In July 1964 when a Harlem riot shifted attention to the crisis in northern cities, African American intellectuals were thrust into the spotlight as interpreters of black urban life to white America. On the Corner revisits the moment when black urban life became, for these intellectuals, "the topic that is reserved for blacks."
Physical Description:1 online resource (350 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780674726109
0674726103
0674727053
9780674727052
Language:In English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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