LEADER 03571oam 22004934a 450 001 9910473446003321 005 20230621140506.0 010 $a1-64336-184-8 035 $a(CKB)5590000000463197 035 $a(OCoLC)1250270172 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse97870 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/64514 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31280425 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31280425 035 $a(EXLCZ)995590000000463197 100 $a20201121d2021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aIn the Service of God and Humanity$eConscience, Reason, and the Mind of Martin R. Delany 205 $a1st ed. 210 $d2021 210 1$a[S.l.] :$cUNIV OF SOUTH CAROLINA P,$d2021. 210 4$dİ2021. 215 $a1 online resource$a1 online resource 311 $a1-64336-185-6 330 $a"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." 606 $aBiography: historical, political & military$2bicssc 606 $aHuman rights$2bicssc 606 $aSocial & cultural history$2bicssc 610 $aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Social Activists;POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights;HISTORY / African American & Black;activist, abolitionist, African American, Black, nationalist, integration, 19th century, humanist 615 7$aBiography: historical, political & military 615 7$aHuman rights 615 7$aSocial & cultural history 676 $a305.8960730092 700 $aADELEKE$b TUNDE$0882312 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910473446003321 996 $aIn the Service of God and Humanity$92438840 997 $aUNINA