Research Catalog

Title

The challenge of blackness / Lerone Bennett.

Author

Bennett, Lerone, Jr., 1928-2018

Publication

Chicago : Johnson Pub. Co., 1972.

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Description

312 p.; 22 cm.

Summary

"This new collection of essays and speeches is addressed to the thrust of black people for political, economic and cultural power--the one inescapable social phenomenon of our times. Bennett's theme is that this thrust constitutes a total challenge to blacks and whites, and to black and white institutions. The book explores the political, economic and cultural implications of this challenge and suggests radical alternatives and strategies for the black community. The challenge of blackness is seen as more than a surface struggle over 'integration'--it emerges to question the fundamentals of American society"--Book jacket flap.

Subject

• African Americans
• Black or African American
• Race Relations
• United States > Race relations

Genre/Form

• statement.
• reference.
• exposé.
• référence bibliographique.
• declaración.
• referencia.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Easily one of the greatest collection of essays pertaining to Black liberation in text. Bennett is illustrious for his linear Historic and Sociological acumen -- which is appropriate as he is one of the great scholars. However,these essays on revolution, the Middle Class and other related topics are timeless, possess a contemporary feel and deviate from his normative methodology. The writing is incisive and his observations are unique. There's a chapter entitled, 'The Task of the Negro Artist' which is simply poetic and a succeeding chapter on History where he poignantly delineates the pertinence of Historical cognition and this knowledge being the impetus for action.

ISBN

0874850541

LCCN

^^^75186353^//r85

OCLC

• 303915
• SCSB-10685570

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library