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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459703103321

Autore

Banner-Haley Charles T

Titolo

The Fruits of Integration [[electronic resource] ] : Black Middle-Class Ideology and Culture, 1960-1990

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, 2010

ISBN

1-283-03119-1

9786613031198

1-61703-113-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (259 p.)

Disciplina

305.5/5/08996073

Soggetti

African Americans -- Civil rights

African Americans -- Intellectual life -- 20th century

African Americans

Middle class -- United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION: The Ambiguity of Nomenclature; 1. Leaders of Thought, Missionaries of Culture; 2. From the Hollow to the High Ground and Back: The Civil Rights Movement and Its Aftermath; 3. To Preserve the Dignity of the Race: Black Conservatives and Affirmative Action; 4. Integrating the Many Voices: The Continuing Growth of African American Literature; 5. Sound and Image: The Cultural Fruits of Integration; 6. Changing the Guard: AfroAmerica's New Guardians of Culture; NOTES; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

In late twentieth-century America the black middle class has occupied a unique position. It greatly influenced the way African Americans were perceived and presented to the greater society, and it set roles and guidelines for the nation's black masses. Though historically a small group, it has attempted to be a model for inspiration and uplift. As a key force in the ""Africanizing"" of American culture, the black middle class has been both a shaper and a mirror during the past three decades. This study of that era shows that the fruits of integration have



been at once sweet and bitter. This hi