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Servants of the People

The 1960s Legacy of African American Leadership

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  • © 2009

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  1. Lea E. Williams
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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. Dynamic Times Call for Dynamic Leaders

    1. Dynamic Times Call for Dynamic Leaders

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      Pages 1-22

  3. Leadership Defined

    1. Leadership Defined

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      Pages 23-28

  4. The Forerunners: Securing Safe Passage

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 29-29
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    2. A. Philip Randolph, Dean of Black Civil Rights Leaders

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      Pages 31-54

    3. Frederick D. Patterson, Leading by Precept and Example

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      Pages 55-76

  5. The Negotiators: Building Consensus

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 77-77
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    2. Thurgood Marshall, A Drum Major for Justice

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      Pages 79-97

    3. Whitney M. Young Jr. and Vanguard Leadership

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      Pages 99-119

  6. The Provocateurs: Catching Fire

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 121-121
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    2. Adam Clayton Powell Jr.: The Uses and Abuses of Charismatic Power

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      Pages 123-140

    3. Fannie Lou Hamer, The Voice of a Servant-Leader

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      Pages 141-159

  8. Conclusions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 203-203
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    2. Whence and Wherefore

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      Pages 205-216

    3. Claiming the Legacy: Leadership for the Twenty-First Century

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      Pages 217-230

  9. Supplement for Teachers and Future Leaders

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 231-231
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    2. Lessons for Leaders

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      Pages 233-240
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About this book

This revised and expanded edition traces the lives of key American civil rights leaders as they willingly risk their lives for the civil rights cause, including A. Philip Randolph, Thurgood Marshall, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., Fannie Lou Hamer, and Ella Baker.

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Praise for the first edition:

"An informative and illuminating study of African-American leaders in the Sixties . . . A fascinating journey through the lives of those who gave the Civil Rights movement its foundation." - Library Journal

"A helpful supplement where leadership issues are being debated." - Booklist

About the author

LEA E. WILLIAMS is an independent scholar and a senior administrator at North Carolina A&T State University, USA. She is the former executive director of the Women's Leadership Institute at Bennett College and the National African-American Women's Leadership Institute, Inc.

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