Transcending the Talented Tenth: Black Leaders and American Intellectuals

by Joy James

ISBN: 9780415917636

Published: 1997

In Transcending the Talented Tenth, Joy James provocatively examines African American intellectual responses to rascism and the role of elitism, sexim, and anti-radicalism in black leadership politics throughout history. The book is essential reading for all those concerned with the past and the future of African American intellectual life.