The head Negro in charge syndrome
Subtitle: the dead end of Black politics
By: Norman Kelley.
Publisher: Nation Books; Distributed by Publishers Group West
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York; [Berkeley, Calif.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
Subjects: African Americans -- Politics and government; African American leadership; Political culture -- United States; African Americans -- Intellectual life; African American intellectuals; United States -- Race relations -- Political aspects; United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989; United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-
Description: "Kelley identifies the Head Negro in Charge (HNIC) Syndrome as a response to the failings of the civil rights and black power movements since the 1960s. It is also a symptom that black politics has reached a dead end with regard to ideas, policies, and programs." "Yet HNIC syndrome has its roots in black political culture, specifically the black church's charismatic tradition. But as Kelley reveals, by embedding themselves within the mechanisms of the Democratic Party and moving from "protest to politics," with no relative independent economic strategy, the black political and intellectual elite has failed the majority of African-Americans."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-233) and index.