Servants of the People
Subtitle: The 1960s Legacy of African American Leadership
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; St. Martin's Griffin
Published: January 15, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9780312176846
Subjects: Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Histor; General; United States - 20th Century/60s; History / General; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; Social Science; History - General History; African Americans; Afro-American leadership; Afro-Americans; Biography; Multicultural Nonfiction
First sentence: In the century between Reconstruction (1865-77) and the emergence of the modern civil rights era (approximately 1954-65), when much of American society was deeply segregated along rigid racial lines, authoritarian leadership prevailed in the institutions traditionally controlled by African Americans-their neighborhood churches, historically black colleges and universities, and community-based civic and social service organizations.