Rebellion or Revolution?

by Cruse, Harold

• ISBN13: 9780816659012
• ISBN10: 081665901X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-04-15
• Publisher: Univ of Minnesota Pr

Summary

One of the leading writers of African American intellectual life in the second half of the twentieth century, Harold Cruse first came to international attention in 1967 with the publication of his influential and inflammatory book, The Crisis of the Negro Intellectual. This fiercely opinionated and deeply informed critique of both integrationism and black nationalism established Cruse as a bold new voice on race and resistance in America. Rebellion or Revolution? collects reviews and essays Cruse wrote between 1950 and 1966, examining the relevance of such figures as James Baldwin, Booker T. Washington, Albert Camus, and Josephine Baker, as well as such subjects as Marxism and the African American community, the economics of black nationalism, and the emerging Black Power movement.

Author Biography

Harold Cruse (1916–2005) was a social critic, essayist, and teacher of African American studies at the University of Michigan.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 1
Rebellion or Revolution?
Introduction	p. 7
Purblind Slant on Africa	p. 29
Negro Soldier Sequences Censored in Call Me Mister	p. 33
Salute to Josephine Baker, Magnificent Negro Artist	p. 36
Green Pastures Twenty Years Ago and Today	p. 41
An Afro-American's Cultural Views	p. 48
Negro Nationalism's New Wave	p. 68
Revolutionary Nationalism and the Afro-American	p. 74
Rebellion or Revolution? I	p. 97
Rebellion or Revolution? II	p. 126
Marxism and the Negro	p. 139
The Economics of Black Nationalism	p. 156
The Blacks and the Idea of Revolt	p. 168
Behind the Black Power Slogan	p. 193
Index	p. 261
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