Black Political Thought in the Twentieth Century

Examines black political thought in the twentieth century. Topics include the debates over "Negro rights" between W.E.B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington; the New Negro political radicalism of Marcus Garvey and Hubert Harrison; black feminism from Ida B. Wells to Shirley Chisholm; debates over race and American democracy that pivoted around civil rights and Black Power leaders such as Martin Luther King and Malcolm X; black politicians from Jesse Jackson to Barack Obama.