03571oam 22004934a 450 991047344600332120230621140506.01-64336-184-8(CKB)5590000000463197(OCoLC)1250270172(MdBmJHUP)muse97870(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/64514(MiAaPQ)EBC31280425(Au-PeEL)EBL31280425(EXLCZ)99559000000046319720201121d2021 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierIn the Service of God and HumanityConscience, Reason, and the Mind of Martin R. Delany1st ed.2021[S.l.] :UNIV OF SOUTH CAROLINA P,2021.©2021.1 online resource1 online resource1-64336-185-6 "Martin R. Delany (1812–1885) was one of the leading and most influential Black activists and nationalists in American history. His ideas have inspired generations of activists and movements, including Booker T. Washington in the late nineteenth century, Marcus Garvey in the early 1920s, Malcolm X and Black Power in 1960s, and even today's Black Lives Matter. Extant scholarship on Delany has focused largely on his Black nationalist and Pan-Africanist ideas. Tunde Adeleke argues that there is so much more about Delany to appreciate. In the Service of God and Humanity reveals and analyzes Delany's contributions to debates and discourses about strategies for elevating Black people and improving race relations in the nineteenth century. Adeleke examines Delany's view of Blacks as Americans who deserved the same rights and privileges accorded Whites. While he spent the greater part of his life pursuing racial equality, his vision for America was much broader. Adeleke argues that Delany was a quintessential humanist who envisioned a social order in which everyone, regardless of race, felt validated and empowered. Through close readings of the discourse of Delany's humanist visions and aspirations, Adeleke illuminates many crucial but undervalued aspects of his thought. He discusses the strategies Delany espoused in his quest to universalize America's most cherished of values—life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness—and highlights his ideological contributions to the internal struggles to reform America. The breadth and versatility of Delany's thought become more evident when analyzed within the context of his American-centered aspirations. In the Service of God and Humanity reveals a complex man whose ideas straddled many complicated social, political, and cultural spaces, and whose voice continues to speak to America today."Biography: historical, political & militarybicsscHuman rightsbicsscSocial & cultural historybicsscBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Social Activists;POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights;HISTORY / African American & Black;activist, abolitionist, African American, Black, nationalist, integration, 19th century, humanistBiography: historical, political & militaryHuman rightsSocial & cultural history305.8960730092ADELEKE TUNDE882312MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910473446003321In the Service of God and Humanity2438840UNINA