On the corner : African American intellectuals and the urban crisis /
Matlin, Daniel.
On the corner : African American intellectuals and the urban crisis / Daniel Matlin. - Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (350 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Ghettos of the Mind : Kenneth B. Clark and the Psychology of the Urban Crisis -- Be Even Blacker : Amiri Baraka's Names and Places -- Harlem without Walls : Romare Bearden's Realism -- Epilogue.
In July 1964 when a Harlem riot shifted attention to the crisis in northern cities, African American intellectuals were thrust into the spotlight as interpreters of black urban life to white America. On the Corner revisits the moment when black urban life became, for these intellectuals, "the topic that is reserved for blacks."
9780674726109
Bearden, Romare, 1911-1988 --Political and social views.
African American intellectuals--History--20th century.
African American intellectuals--Biography.
African Americans--Social conditions--1964-1975.
Inner cities--History--United States--20th century.
Urban policy--History--United States--20th century.
African American intellectuals--Biography.
African American intellectuals--20th century.--History
African Americans--1964-1975.--Social conditions
African Americans--Social conditions.
Culture and History of non-European Territories.
Global History.
History.
Inner cities--United States--20th century.--History
Urban policy--United States--20th century.--History
Electronic Books.
E185 / .O584 2013
On the corner : African American intellectuals and the urban crisis / Daniel Matlin. - Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (350 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Ghettos of the Mind : Kenneth B. Clark and the Psychology of the Urban Crisis -- Be Even Blacker : Amiri Baraka's Names and Places -- Harlem without Walls : Romare Bearden's Realism -- Epilogue.
In July 1964 when a Harlem riot shifted attention to the crisis in northern cities, African American intellectuals were thrust into the spotlight as interpreters of black urban life to white America. On the Corner revisits the moment when black urban life became, for these intellectuals, "the topic that is reserved for blacks."
9780674726109
Bearden, Romare, 1911-1988 --Political and social views.
African American intellectuals--History--20th century.
African American intellectuals--Biography.
African Americans--Social conditions--1964-1975.
Inner cities--History--United States--20th century.
Urban policy--History--United States--20th century.
African American intellectuals--Biography.
African American intellectuals--20th century.--History
African Americans--1964-1975.--Social conditions
African Americans--Social conditions.
Culture and History of non-European Territories.
Global History.
History.
Inner cities--United States--20th century.--History
Urban policy--United States--20th century.--History
Electronic Books.
E185 / .O584 2013