3rd Edition
A History of African-American Leadership
Acknowledgements. Publisher's acknowledgements. List of plates. Preface to Third Edition. 1 Introduction: African-American Leaders and Limited Options 2. Booker T. Washington: Black Enigma. 3. W. E. B. Du Bois: Talented Propagandist. 4. Marcus Garvey: Black Moses. 5. Martin Luther King, Jr: Apostle of Non-Violence. 6. Malcolm X: ‘The Angriest Negro in America’. 7. African-American Women: Heroines & Trailblazers. 8. Jesse Jackson: The Rainbow Man. 9. Barack Obama: America’s First Black President. Conclusion. Selected Bibliography. Index.
Biography
Bruce J. Dierenfield is Professor of History, Director of the All-College Honors Program, and former Peter Canisius Distinguished Teaching Professor of the African-American Experience at Canisius College in Buffalo, New York. He is the award-winning author of four previous books, including The Civil Rights Movement (2008).
John White is Reader Emeritus in American History at the University of Hull. He has taught at the Universities of Michigan, Rochester, Rutgers, California State and Alabama.
