A Brief and Tentative Analysis of Negro Leadership / / Ralph J. Bunche; ed. by Jonathan Scott Holloway.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Bunche, Ralph J.,
• HerausgeberIn: Holloway, Jonathan Scott,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2005]; ©2005
• Year of Publication: 2005
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

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 involvement in the civil rights movement.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Editorial Policy and Formatting -- Editor’s Introduction -- A Brief and Tentative Analysis of Negro Leadership -- Introduction -- 1. A General Survey of Negro Leadership -- 2. Illustrations of Negro Leadership Types -- 3. Life Histories Analysis -- 4. Leadership Schedules -- 5. Conclusion -- Appendix I. -- Appendix II. -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author and the Editor