African American leadership
By: Ronald W. Walters and Robert C. Smith.
Contributors: Smith, Robert Charles, 1947-
Series: SUNY series in Afro-American studies
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 315
Subjects: African American leadership.; African American clergy.; African American politicians.; African Americans -- Politics and government.
Description: Written by two preeminent scholars of the subject, this book provides a panoramic view of the theory, research, and praxis of African American leadership. Walters and Smith offer a great deal to students of black leadership, as well as important strategy and policy recommendations for black leaders.

The book first presents a comprehensive assessment of the social science research literature on black leadership. It finds that older studies (1930s to 1960s) dealt with the nascent formation of leadership theory, where blacks were located predominantly in the context of southern politics and had to adopt a conservative to moderate leadership style.

The authors also review and evaluate research on black leadership from the 1970s to the present and suggest attention be given to studies of leadership that involve community level leadership, female leaders, black mayors, and black conservatives. African American Leadership also focuses on the practice of black leadership.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-301) and index.
Part I is a republication of Smith's 1983 Black leadership, with a revised final chapter and an added postscript.