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001 2014010359
003 DLC
005 20150703121447.0
008 140527s2014 maua b 001 0deng
010 $a 2014010359
020 $a9780807003527 (hardback : acid-free paper)
020 $z9780807003534 (ebook)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
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050 00 $aE185.96$b.W47 2014
082 00 $a920.009296073$aB$223
084 $aHIS037070$aSOC056000$aBIO002000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aWest, Cornel.
245 10 $aBlack prophetic fire :$bin dialogue with and edited by Christa Buschendorf /$cCornel West.
264 1 $aBoston :$bBeacon Press,$c2014.
300 $a253 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
520 $a"Celebrated intellectual and activist Cornel West offers an unflinching look at nineteenth- and twentieth-century African American leaders and their visionary legacies. In an accessible, conversational format, Cornel West, with distinguished scholar Christa Buschendorf, provides a fresh perspective on six revolutionary African American leaders: Frederick Douglass, W. E. B. Du Bois, Martin Luther King Jr., Ella Baker, Malcolm X, and Ida Wells-Barnett. West examines the impact of these men and women on their own eras and across the decades. He not only rediscovers the integrity and commitment within these passionate advocates but also their fault lines. West finds that Douglass and, to some extent, Du Bois fall short of the high standards he holds them to, while King has been sanitized and even 'Santaclausified,' rendering him less radical. By providing new insights that humanize all of these well-known figures, West takes an important step in rekindling the Black prophetic fire so essential in the age of Obama"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction: Why we need to talk about Black Prophetic Fire -- It's a Beautiful Thing to be on Fire : Frederick Douglass -- The Black Flame : W.E.B. Du Bois -- Moral Fire : Martin Luther King, Jr. -- The Heat of Democratic Existentialism : Ella Baker -- Revolutionary Fire : Malcolm X -- Prophetic Fire : Ida B. Wells-Barnett -- Conclusion: Last words on the Black Prophetic Tradition in the Age of Obama.
600 10 $aDouglass, Frederick,$d1818-1895$xPolitical and social views.
600 10 $aDu Bois, W. E. B.$q(William Edward Burghardt),$d1868-1963$xPolitical and social views.
600 10 $aKing, Martin Luther,$cJr.,$d1929-1968$xPolitical and social views.
600 10 $aBaker, Ella,$d1903-1986$xPolitical and social views.
600 10 $aX, Malcolm,$d1925-1965$xPolitical and social views.
600 10 $aWells-Barnett, Ida B.,$d1862-1931$xPolitical and social views.
650 0 $aAfrican Americans$vBiography.
650 0 $aProphets$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 0 $aRevolutionaries$zUnited States$vBiography.
600 10 $aWest, Cornel$vInterviews.
650 7 $aHISTORY / Modern / 20th Century.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Black Studies (Global).$2bisacsh
650 7 $aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural Heritage.$2bisacsh
700 1 $aBuschendorf, Christa.
856 42 $3Cover image$u9780807003527.jpg