Servants of the People
The 1960s Legacy of African American Leadership
Authors: Williams, L.
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This revised and expanded edition traces the lives of key American civil rights leaders as they willingly risk their lives for the civil rights cause, including A. Philip Randolph, Thurgood Marshall, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., Fannie Lou Hamer, and Ella Baker.
- About the authors
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LEA E. WILLIAMS is an independent scholar and a senior administrator at North Carolina A&T State University, USA. She is the former executive director of the Women's Leadership Institute at Bennett College and the National African-American Women's Leadership Institute, Inc.
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Praise for the first edition:
"An informative and illuminating study of African-American leaders in the Sixties . . . A fascinating journey through the lives of those who gave the Civil Rights movement its foundation." - Library Journal
"A helpful supplement where leadership issues are being debated." - Booklist
- Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Dynamic Times Call for Dynamic Leaders
Pages 1-22
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Leadership Defined
Pages 23-28
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A. Philip Randolph, Dean of Black Civil Rights Leaders
Pages 31-54
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Frederick D. Patterson, Leading by Precept and Example
Pages 55-76
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Thurgood Marshall, A Drum Major for Justice
Pages 79-97
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Servants of the People
- Book Subtitle
- The 1960s Legacy of African American Leadership
- Authors
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- L. Williams
- Copyright
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan US
- Copyright Holder
- Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc.
- eBook ISBN
- 978-1-137-06635-0
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-1-137-06635-0
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-0-230-60633-3
- Edition Number
- 2
- Number of Pages
- XXII, 298
- Topics
