{"product_id":"the-crisis-of-the-negro-intellectual","title":"The Crisis of the Negro Intellectual \/\/ A Historical Analysis of the Failure of Black Leadership","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003ePublished in 1967, as the early triumphs of the Civil Rights movement yielded to increasing frustration and violence, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Crisis of the Negro Intellectual\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eelectrified a generation of activists and intellectuals.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe product of a lifetime of struggle and reflection, Cruse's book is a singular amalgam of cultural history, passionate disputation, and deeply considered analysis of the relationship between American blacks and American society.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReviewing black intellectual life from the Harlem Renaissance through the 1960s, Cruse discusses the legacy (and offers memorably acid-edged portraits) of figures such as Paul Robeson, Lorraine Hansberry, and James Baldwin, arguing that their work was marked by a failure to understand the specifically American character of racism in the United States.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis supplies the background to Cruse's controversial critique of both integrationism and black nationalism and to his claim that black Americans will only assume a just place within American life when they develop their own distinctive centers of cultural and economic influence. For Cruse's most important accomplishment may well be his rejection of the clichés of the melting pot in favor of a vision of Americanness as an arena of necessary and vital contention, an open and ongoing struggle.\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eHarold Cruse\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1916-2005) was born in Petersburg, Virginia, the son of a railway porter. He was raised from a young age in New York City, where he attended high school, after which he served with the Army in Europe during World War II. Cruse attended the City College of New York, although he did not graduate, and was a member of the Communist Party for several years. He also wrote a number of plays and, in the 1960s, was co-founder with LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka) of the Black Arts Theater and School in Harlem. After publishing \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Crisis of the Negro Intellectual\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in 1967, Cruse was invited to lecture at the University of Michigan, where he taught in the African-American studies program until his retirement as professor emeritus in the mid-1980s. Harold Cruse was also the author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eRebellion or Revolution?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlural But Equal: A Critical Study of Blacks and Minorities and America’s Plural Society\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Essential Harold Cruse: A Reader.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eStanley Crouch\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a columnist, novelist, and essayist. Since 1987 he has served as an artistic consultant at Lincoln Center and is a co-founder of Jazz at Lincoln Center. He is the author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes of a Hanging Judge\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDon’t the Moon Look Lonesome\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe All-American Skin Game\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlways in Pursuit\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Artificial White Man\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: NYRB Classics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublish Date\u003c\/strong\u003e: June 30, 2005\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e: 616\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eType\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEAN\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781590171356\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: 8.0 X 5.3 X 1.2 inches | 1.5 pounds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBISAC Categories\u003c\/strong\u003e: History, History, Politics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Harold Cruse","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48761291342059,"sku":null,"price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0253\/4014\/9820\/files\/9781590171356_e8600.jpg?v=1780955803","url":"https:\/\/rep.club\/products\/the-crisis-of-the-negro-intellectual","provider":"Reparations Club","version":"1.0","type":"link"}