Servants of the People: The 1960s Legacy of African American Leadership

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This revised and expanded edition traces the lives of key American civil rights leaders as they willingly risk their lives for the civil rights cause, including A. Philip Randolph, Thurgood Marshall, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., Fannie Lou Hamer, and Ella Baker.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780230606333
ISBN-10: 0230606334
Pagini: 298
Ilustrații: XXII, 298 p.
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.49 kg
Ediția:Revizuită
Editura: Palgrave Macmillan US
Colecția Palgrave Macmillan
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Cuprins

Introduction to the Revised Edition: Reflections a Decade Later Dynamic Times Call for Dynamic Leaders Leadership Defined PART I: THE FORERUNNERS: SECURING SAFE PASSAGE A. Philip Randolph: Dean of Black Civil Rights Leaders Frederick D. Patterson: Leading by Precept and Example PART II: THE NEGOTIATORS: BUILDING CONSENSUS Thurgood Marshall: A Drum Major for Justice Whitney M. Young Jr. and Vanguard Leadership PART III: THE PROVOCATUERS: CATCHING FIRE Adam Clayton Powell Jr.: The Uses and Abuses of Charismatic Power Fannie Lou Hamer: The Voice of a Servant-Leader PART IV: WOMEN IN THE MOVEMENT Making a Life, Not Making a Living: The Servant Leadership of Ella Baker Teacher, Advocate, Trailblazer: The Living Legacy of Septima Poinsette Clark PART V: CONCLUSIONS Whence and Wherefore Claiming the Legacy: Leadership for the Twenty-first Century PART VI: SUPPLEMENT FOR TEACHERS AND FUTURE LEADERS

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Praise for the first edition:
"An informative and illuminating study of African-American leaders in the Sixties . . . A fascinating journey through the lives of those who gave the Civil Rights movement its foundation." - Library Journal
"A helpful supplement where leadership issues are being debated." - Booklist

Notă biografică

LEA E. WILLIAMS is an independent scholar and a senior administrator at North Carolina A&T State University, USA. She is the former executive director of the Women's Leadership Institute at Bennett College and the National African-American Women's Leadership Institute, Inc.

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