Black Studies as an Integral Tradition in African-American Intellectual History
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4049089 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James Turner (0000-0003-4396-3280), C Steven Mcgann |
| Year | 1980 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 52 |
| Publication date | 1980-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Negro Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-2984 • E-ISSN: 2167-6437 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2294783 |
| OpenAlex | W2095013289 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
The modern Studies movement, in its present form, appeared in 1960s as an emergent academic field and a self-conscious component part of larger social and political movement for liberation. In contrast to 1950s, which had been labeled the silent generation by some scholars, 1960s were times of widespread political unrest and social movements. These currents were enlivened and precipitated by liberation movement in its current stage of struggle for democratic rights, commonly referred to during that period as civil rights movement. The college campuses were source of leadership for this movement by young (though not exclusively) activist-intellectuals. The general social climate of self-assertion and political protest released an intellectual ferment that stimulated some students and scholars in their demand for Black
Black culture · Black history · Economic history · Intellectual history · Sociology · Gender Studies · History · Race, History, and American Society
| Citations per year | 0.14 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1991 - 2026 (36) |
| Highly cited | No |