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Black prophetic fire : in dialogue with and edited by Christa Buschendorf / Cornel West

Catalog Data

Author:
West, Cornel  Search this
Buschendorf, Christa  Search this
Subject:
Douglass, Frederick 1818-1895 Political and social views  Search this
Du Bois, W. E. B (William Edward Burghardt) 1868-1963 Political and social views  Search this
King, Martin Luther Jr. 1929-1968 Political and social views  Search this
Baker, Ella 1903-1986 Political and social views  Search this
X, Malcolm 1925-1965 Political and social views  Search this
Wells-Barnett, Ida B. 1862-1931 Political and social views  Search this
West, Cornel  Search this
Physical description:
253 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Type:
Biography
Interviews
Place:
United States
Date:
2014
Contents:
Introduction: Why we need to talk about Black Prophetic Fire -- It's a Beautiful Thing to be on Fire : Frederick Douglass -- The Black Flame : W.E.B. Du Bois -- Moral Fire : Martin Luther King, Jr. -- The Heat of Democratic Existentialism : Ella Baker -- Revolutionary Fire : Malcolm X -- Prophetic Fire : Ida B. Wells-Barnett -- Conclusion: Last words on the Black Prophetic Tradition in the Age of Obama
Summary:
"Celebrated intellectual and activist Cornel West offers an unflinching look at nineteenth- and twentieth-century African American leaders and their visionary legacies. In an accessible, conversational format, Cornel West, with distinguished scholar Christa Buschendorf, provides a fresh perspective on six revolutionary African American leaders: Frederick Douglass, W. E. B. Du Bois, Martin Luther King Jr., Ella Baker, Malcolm X, and Ida Wells-Barnett. West examines the impact of these men and women on their own eras and across the decades. He not only rediscovers the integrity and commitment within these passionate advocates but also their fault lines. West finds that Douglass and, to some extent, Du Bois fall short of the high standards he holds them to, while King has been sanitized and even 'Santaclausified,' rendering him less radical. By providing new insights that humanize all of these well-known figures, West takes an important step in rekindling the Black prophetic fire so essential in the age of Obama"-- Provided by publisher.
Topic:
African Americans  Search this
Prophets  Search this
Revolutionaries  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1042726