02893nam 22005653u 450 991082540700332120210114013548.01-283-03119-197866130311981-61703-113-5(CKB)2670000000078543(EBL)680053(OCoLC)712016219(SSID)ssj0000536941(PQKBManifestationID)12205761(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000536941(PQKBWorkID)10551818(PQKB)11132402(MiAaPQ)EBC680053(EXLCZ)99267000000007854320130418d2010|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Fruits of Integration[electronic resource] Black Middle-Class Ideology and Culture, 1960-1990Jackson University Press of Mississippi20101 online resource (259 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-60473-895-2 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; INDEXIn 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 hiAfrican Americans -- Civil rightsAfrican Americans -- Intellectual life -- 20th centuryAfrican AmericansMiddle class -- United StatesAfrican Americans -- Civil rights.African Americans -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.African Americans.Middle class -- United States.305.5/5/08996073Banner-Haley Charles T1616829AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910825407003321The Fruits of Integration3947756UNINA