Black Conservative Intellectuals in Modern America / / Michael L. Ondaatje.
In the last three decades, a brand of black conservatism espoused by a controversial group of African American intellectuals has become a fixture in the nation's political landscape, its proponents having shaped policy debates over some of the most pressing matters that confront contemporary Am...
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