Post-soul nation
Subtitle: the explosive, contradictory, triumphant, and tragic 1980s as experienced by African Americans (previously known as Blacks and before that Negroes)
By: Nelson George.
Publisher: Viking
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
Subjects: African Americans -- History -- 1964-; African Americans -- Social conditions -- 1975-; African Americans -- Intellectual life -- 20th century; African Americans in popular culture; Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century; United States -- Intellectual life -- 20th century; United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-; United States -- Race relations
Description: A social critic and author describes the splintering of African-American culture in the 1980s, examining the dichotomy between influential blacks and the rampant drug use and crime that ravaged once-vital black neighborhoods.
Notes: Includes index.