Dispatches from the ebony tower
Subtitle: intellectuals confront the African American experience
By: edited by Manning Marable.
Contributors: Marable, Manning, 1950-
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 333
Subjects: African Americans -- Study and teaching (Higher); Blacks -- Study and teaching (Higher); United States -- Race relations -- Study and teaching (Higher); United States -- Ethnic relations -- Study and teaching (Higher)
Description: "What constitutes black studies and where does this discipline stand at the end of the twentieth century? In this wide-ranging and original volume, Manning Marable - one of the leading scholars of African American history - gathers key materials from contemporary thinkers who interrogate the richly diverse content and multiple meanings of the collective experiences of black folk."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.