Servants of the People: The 1960s Legacy of African American Leadership

by Lea E. Williams

Book Overview

The repressive climate of racial hatred in America that spawned the 1960s civil rights movement also galvanized a generation of bold, persuasive, driven leaders who embodied the qualities of servant leadership. In a time of conflict, turmoil, and tragedy, these passionate and committed African Americans emerged to lead a generation from the cruelties of segregation to the revolution of civil rights reform. Beginning with the 1954 Brown v. Board of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230606334
• ISBN13: 9780230606333
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"