Servants of the People
The 1960s Legacy of African American Leadership
2nd Edition
Published on 30. April 2016
XXII, 298 pages
978-1-137-06635-0 (ISBN)
Description
This revised and expanded edition traces the lives of key American civil rights leaders as they willingly risk their lives for the civil rights cause, including A. Philip Randolph, Thurgood Marshall, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., Fannie Lou Hamer, and Ella Baker.
Reviews / Votes
Praise for the first edition:
"An informative and illuminating study of African-American leaders in the Sixties . . . A fascinating journey through the lives of those who gave the Civil Rights movement its foundation." - Library Journal
"A helpful supplement where leadership issues are being debated." - Booklist
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Series
Edition
Second Edition 2009
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Palgrave Macmillan US
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
XXII, 298 p.
File size
2,82 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-137-06635-0 (9781137066350)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-137-06635-0
Schweitzer Classification
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Person
LEA E. WILLIAMS is an independent scholar and a senior administrator at North Carolina A&T State University, USA. She is the former executive director of the Women's Leadership Institute at Bennett College and the National African-American Women's Leadership Institute, Inc.
Content
Introduction to the Revised Edition: Reflections a Decade Later Dynamic Times Call for Dynamic Leaders Leadership Defined PART I: THE FORERUNNERS: SECURING SAFE PASSAGE A. Philip Randolph: Dean of Black Civil Rights Leaders Frederick D. Patterson: Leading by Precept and Example PART II: THE NEGOTIATORS: BUILDING CONSENSUS Thurgood Marshall: A Drum Major for Justice Whitney M. Young Jr. and Vanguard Leadership PART III: THE PROVOCATUERS: CATCHING FIRE Adam Clayton Powell Jr.: The Uses and Abuses of Charismatic Power Fannie Lou Hamer: The Voice of a Servant-Leader PART IV: WOMEN IN THE MOVEMENT Making a Life, Not Making a Living: The Servant Leadership of Ella Baker Teacher, Advocate, Trailblazer: The Living Legacy of Septima Poinsette Clark PART V: CONCLUSIONS Whence and Wherefore Claiming the Legacy: Leadership for the Twenty-first Century PART VI: SUPPLEMENT FOR TEACHERS AND FUTURE LEADERS
