A collection of essays looking back at the influence of The Crisis of the Negro Intellectual, first published 35 years ago.

Detailing the evolution of black-intellectual discourse since the 1960s, this assessment points to a lack of ongoing discussion about the role of intellectuals-

Originally published: New York: Morrow, 1968.

Published in 1967, as the early triumphs of the Civil Rights movement yielded to increasing frustration and violence, The Crisis of the Negro Intellectual elect

A critical study of Blacks and minorities and America's plural society.