Product Description: Thirty-five years after its initial publication, Harold Cruse's "The Crisis of the Negro Intellectual," remains a foundational work in Afro-American Studies and American Cultural Studies. Published during a highly contentious moment in Afro-American political life, "The Crisis of the Negro Intellectual" was one of the very few texts that treated Afro-American intellectuals as intellectually significant...read more

Product Description: In 1967, as the movement for civil rights was turning into a bitter, often violent battle for black power, Harold Cruse’s The Crisis of the Negro Intellectual burst onto the scene. It was a lacerating attack on integration, and set the agenda for black cultural, social, and political autonomy...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Traces the history of the Civil Rights movement, argues that its goals have not been reached, and suggests a reorganization of Black society

Examines the dilemma of the Black intellectual who through his creative efforts and social prominence must perform as a spokesman for the Black masses (view table of contents)