TY - BOOK AU - Banner-Haley,Charles Pete T. TI - From Du Bois to Obama: African American intellectuals in the public forum SN - 9780809329793 (cloth : alk. paper) AV - AC E 185.89 .B36 2010 U1 - 305.5/5208996073 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Carbondale PB - Southern Illinois University Press KW - African Americans KW - Intellectual life KW - 20th century KW - 21st century KW - African American intellectuals KW - African American leadership KW - Civil rights KW - History KW - Race identity KW - United States KW - Race relations N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: What is an African American intellectual? -- The emergence of the black public intellectual : race, class, and the struggle against racism -- Black intellectuals and the quest for legitimacy : civil rights, black power, and the expenditure of moral capital -- The conservative revolution and its impact on Afro America, 1980-1992 -- Popular culture and the African American intellectual search for a new American identity -- A new century and new challenges : the visibility of African American intellectuals and the construction of diasporic diversity ER -