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A Black Intellectual's Odyssey - From a Pennsylvania Milltown to the Ivy League (Hardcover)
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A Black Intellectual's Odyssey - From a Pennsylvania Milltown to the Ivy League (Hardcover)
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In 1969, Martin Kilson became the first tenured African American
professor at Harvard University, where he taught African and
African American politics for over thirty years. In A Black
Intellectual's Odyssey, Kilson takes readers on a fascinating
journey from his upbringing in the small Pennsylvania milltown of
Ambler to his experiences attending Lincoln University-the
country's oldest HBCU-to pursuing graduate study at Harvard before
spending his entire career there as a faculty member. This is as
much a story of his travels from the racist margins of
twentieth-century America to one of the nation's most prestigious
institutions as it is a portrait of the places that shaped him. He
gives a sweeping sociological tour of Ambler as a multiethnic,
working-class company town while sketching the social, economic,
and racial elements that marked everyday life. From narrating the
area's history of persistent racism and the racial politics in the
integrated schools to describing the Black church's role in
buttressing the town's small Black community, Kilson vividly
renders his experience of northern small-town life during the 1930s
and 1940s. At Lincoln University, Kilson's liberal political views
coalesced as he became active in the local NAACP chapter. While at
Lincoln and during his graduate work at Harvard, Kilson observed
how class, political, and racial dynamics influenced his peers'
political engagement, diverse career paths, and relationships with
white people. As a young professor, Kilson made a point of
assisting Harvard's African American students in adapting to life
at a white institution. Throughout his career, Kilson engaged in
pioneering scholarship while mentoring countless students. A Black
Intellectual's Odyssey features contributions from three of his
students: a foreword by Cornel West and an afterword by Stefano
Harney and Fred Moten.
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