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The Golden Age of Black Nationalism, 1850-1925
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1979
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Black ExperienceBlack PoliticsNationalismColonialismBlack NationalismWhite SupremacyAfrican American StudiesAfrican American FreedomAfrican American SlaveryCivil RightsAmerican IdentityEthnic StudiesWilson Jeremiah MosesRacial StudyJournal ArticleAfrican American HistoryAfrican American MemorySocial Sciences
Moses argues that black nationalism, by adopting European and American nationalist doctrines, became a vehicle for assimilationist values among black intellectuals, a view that labels the era a golden age yet is considered heretical by some. The study spans from the 1850 Compromise and Fugitive Slave Act to Marcus Garvey’s 1925 imprisonment, also examining black nationalism in literature. Publishers Weekly notes the study will stir controversy among black scholars and proponents of separatism.
In this controversial volume, Wilson Jeremiah Moses argues that by adopting European and American nationalist and separatist doctrines, black nationalism became, oddly, a vehicle for the assimilationist values among black American intellectuals. The book covers the period from the Compromise of 1850, with its Fugitive Slave Act, to the imprisonment of Marcus Garvey in 1925, and inc ludes a section on black nationalism in literature. 'This impressive study will stir controversy among black scholars and proponents of separatism. That Professor Moses, himself a black, regards the period a golden age is itself heretical in some eyes.' Publishers Weekly