In search of the talented tenth
Subtitle: Howard University public intellectuals and the dilemmas of race, 1926-1970
By: Zachery R. Williams.
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Columbia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780826218629
Subjects: Howard University -- History -- 20th century; Howard University -- Faculty -- History -- 20th century; African American scholars -- History -- 20th century; African American intellectuals -- History -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prelude to community: foundations of the Howard University intellectual community, 1890-1926; title: Messiah and leader: Mordecai Johnson and the making of the Howard University intellectual community, 1926-1960; title: Howard University intellectuals and the development of community in academia; title: Public intellectuals and the black public sphere at Howard; title: Bridging theory and practice: Africana policy studies and black studies institutes.