"Given Bunche's eventual rise to prominence as a black leader, and
the criticism his integrationist politics engendered from black
nationalists, it is particularly revealing to read this early
work."--"Booklist"
"A timely and penetrating appreciation of Ralph Bunche's
benchmark study of the African American leadership class in the
early decades of the last century."
--David Levering Lewis, Julius Silver University Professor and
Professor of History, NYU
"Jonathan Holloway has performed a wonderful service in editing
and introducing Bunche's "A Brief and Tentative Analysis of Negro
Leadership," For scholars and teachers in the field it has long
been a source of frustration that this material has not been
available. Bunche's insights and interpretations provide an
important perspective on a key moment in the shaping of modern
black American politics, and Holloway's introduction very usefully
situates Bunche and his analysis in the context of the time."
--Adolph Reed, Professor of Political Science at the University of
Pennsylvania and author of "W.E.B. Du Bois and American Political
Thought: Fabianism and the Color Line"
"Ralph Bunche's stature as one of the key African American
intellectuals of the twentieth-century continues to grow. Jonathan
Holloway has done a great service by bringing Bunche's unpublished
work on leadership to light. Skillfully guiding the reader,
Holloway's introduction and editorial notes provide a perfect
balance of information and interpretation, adding much to our
understanding of this important and yet often neglected
figure."
--Nikhil Pal Singh, author of "Black is a Country: Race and the
Unfinished Struggle for Democracy"
"Thiswork is a welcome addition to African American studies as well
as to social and cultural history."
--"CHOICE"
"Provides key insight into Black leadership at the dawn of the
modern Civil Rights Movement, and forces a reconsideration of
Bunche's legacy as a reformer and the historical meaning of his
early involvement in the Civil Rights Movement."--"Ebony"
A world-renowned scholar and statesman, Dr. Ralph J. Bunche
(1903-1971) began his career as an educator and a political
scientist, and later joined the United Nations, serving as
Undersecretary General for seventeen of his twenty-five years with
that body. This African American mediator was the first person of
color anywhere in the world to be awarded the Nobel Prize for
Peace. In the mid-1930s, Bunche played a key role in organizing the
National Negro Congress, a popular front-styled group dedicated to
progressive politics and labor and civil rights reform.
A Brief and Tentative Analysis of Negro Leadership provides key
insight into black leadership at the dawn of the modern civil
rights movement. Originally prepared for the Carnegie Foundation
study, An American Dilemma: The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy,
Bunche's research on the topic was completed in 1940. This
never-before-published work now includes an extended scholarly
introduction as well as contextual comments throughout by Jonathan
Scott Holloway.
Despite the fact that Malcolm X called Bunche a "black man who
didn't know his history," Bunche never wavered from his faith that
integrationist politics paved the way for racial progress. This new
volume forces a reconsideration of Bunche's legacy as a reformer
and the historical meaning of his early involvementin the civil
rights movement.
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