1st Edition

African American Intellectual-Activists Legacies in the Struggle

By Dia N. Sekayi Copyright 1997
130 Pages
by Routledge

136 Pages
by Routledge

130 Pages
by Routledge

This study examines the narrated life experiences of 11 African American intellectual-activists. An intellectual-activist is defined as a person whose education has provided him or her with a body of knowledge to which he/she is continually adding (intellectual self) and who works daily for, or has a career dedicated to, the betterment of African American people (activist self). The voices of the... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Literature Review 3. Methodology 4. Participant Backgrounds 5. The Development of a Positive African-American Self Concept 6. Progress Towards Goals of Activism 7. Conclusions

Biography

Dia N.R. Sekayi is Assistant Director for Education in the Center for the Enhancement of Teaching & Learning at Georgia Tech.