Betrayal: How Black Intellectuals Have Abandoned the Ideals of the Civil Rights Era

by Houston A. Baker Jr.

Book Overview

Houston A. Baker Jr. condemns those black intellectuals who, he believes, have turned their backs on the tradition of racial activism in America. These individuals choose personal gain over the interests of the black majority, whether they are espousing neoconservative positions that distort the contours of contemporary social and political dynamics or abandoning race as an important issue in the study of American literature and culture. Most important,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231139659
• ISBN13: 9780231139656
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.8"