Charles S. Johnson
Subtitle: leadership beyond the veil in the age of Jim Crow
By: Patrick J. Gilpin, Marybeth Gasman ; foreword by David Levering Lewis.
Contributors: Gasman, Marybeth.
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 318
Subjects: Johnson, Charles Spurgeon, 1893-1956.; Fisk University -- Presidents -- Biography.; African American civil rights workers -- Biography.; Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography.; African American sociologists -- Biography.; African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.; Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; United States -- Race relations.
Genres: Biography.
Description: "The milestones for blacks in twentieth-century America - the Harlem Renaissance, the struggle for equal education, and the civil rights movement - would have been inconceivable without the contributions of one important but often overlooked figure, Charles S. Johnson (1893-1956). This biography demonstrates the scope of his achievements, situates him among other black intellectuals of his time, and casts new light on a pivotal era in the struggle for black equality in America."

"An impresario of Harlem Renaissance culture, an eminent Chicago-trained sociologist, a pioneering race relations leader, and an educator of the generation that freed itself from legalized segregation, Johnson was a visionary who linked the everyday struggles of blacks with the larger intellectual and political currents of the day. His distinguished career included twenty-eight years as Fisk University, where he established the famed Race Relations Institute and became Fisk's first black president."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-310) and index.