Black Leaders on Leadership [electronic resource] : Conversations with Julian Bond /
Leffler, P.author.
Bond, Julian,1940-2015.
Drawing on a wealth of oral interviews, Conversations on Black Leadership uses the lives of prominent African Americans to trace the contours of Black leadership in America. Included here are fascinating accounts from a wide variety of figures such as John Lewis, Clarence Thomas, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Angela Davis, Amiri Baraka, and many more.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; Foreword; Black Leaders' Short Bios; A Note about the Web and Use of QR Codes; Acknowledgments; Introduction Black Leadership: A Collective Biography; CHAPTER 1 Defining Self: Oral History, Storytelling, and Leadership; CHAPTER 2 Families: Extended and Fictive Kin, Racial Socialization, Diligence; CHAPTER 3 Education: Caring Communities; CHAPTER 4 Networks: Role Models, Mentors, Organizations; CHAPTER 5 Law and Social Change: Catalyst for Leadership; CHAPTER 6 The Civil Rights Movement: Grassroots Leadership-Living "in struggle"
CHAPTER 7 Leadership LessonsAppendix A: Interview Questions; Appendix B: Glossary; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Drawing on a wealth of oral interviews, Conversations on Black Leadership uses the lives of prominent African Americans to trace the contours of Black leadership in America. Included here are fascinating accounts from a wide variety of figures such as John Lewis, Clarence Thomas, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Angela Davis, Amiri Baraka, and many more.
Social history.
United States-History.
History, Modern.
America-History.
Ethnicity.
Culture-Study and teaching.
Social History.
US History.
Modern History.
History of the Americas.
Ethnicity Studies.
Cultural and Media Studies, general.