Black natural law
"Black Natural Law offers a new way of understanding the African American political tradition. Iconoclastically attacking the left (including James Baldwin and Audre Lorde), right (including Clarence Thomas and Ben Carson), and center (Barack Obama), Lloyd charges that many Black leaders today embrace secular, white modes of political engagement, abandoning the deep connections between religious, philosophical, and political ideas that once animated Black politics. By telling the stories of Frederick Douglass, Anna Julia Cooper, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Martin Luther King, Jr., Lloyd shows how appeals to a higher law ..
xv, 180 Seiten ; 25 cm
9780199362189, 0199362181
1011368406
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ContentsPreface Chapter 1: On Frederick DouglassChapter 2: On Anna Julia CooperChapter 3: On W. E. B. Du BoisChapter 4: On Martin Luther King, Jr.Chapter 5: Decline and DetritusConclusion: Against PessimismAfterword: Beyond Secularism and Multiculturalism