02460cam a2200505 a 4500 75861 20230404125806.0 970515s1997 maua 000 0deng 97021797 (OCoLC)ocm36969781 DLC DLC NLA MVP BAKER BTCTA YDXCP UBC 53095424 0807009423 (cloth) 9780807009420 (cloth) 0807009431 (pbk.) 9780807009437 (pbk.) YDXCP 1404901 YDXCP 1526664 NZ1 3855360 AU@ 000013241582 (OCoLC)36969781 (OCoLC)53095424 n-us--- 002 E 185.86 W516r 1997 305.896/073 West, Cornel. Restoring hope : conversations on the future of Black America / Cornel West ; edited by Kelvin Shawn Sealey. Boston, Mass. : Beacon Press, c1997. xx. 226 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. "A project of the Obsidian Society." Foreword by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. -- Preface by Cornel West -- Introduction by Kelvin Shawn Sealey -- Harry Belafonte -- Bill Bradley -- Charlayne Hunter-Gault -- The Reverend Dr. James A. Forbes, Jr., and the Reverend Dr. James M. Washington -- Wynton Marsalis -- Patricia Williams -- Haki Madhubuti -- Maya Angelou -- "Catch the fire" by Sonia Sanchez -- Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- The obsidian society. Perhaps the most prominent public intellectual of our time, Cornel West asks nine of America's most influential artists, scholars, and public figures about the sources of hope among African Americans today: "How can we be realistic about what this nation is about and still sustain hope, acknowledging that we're up against so much?" African Americans Social conditions. African Americans Conduct of life. United States Social conditions 1945- African Americans Interviews. Celebrities United States Interviews. Sealey, Kelvin Shawn. Obsidian Society. Baker and Taylor BTCP 97021797 YBP Library Services YANK 1526664 Baker & Taylor BKTY 23.00 17.25 0807009423 0003017887 active Baker & Taylor BKTY 18.00 18.00 0807009431 0003201809 active lcc bk C0 DRFGD 4806 4806 0 0 lcc 0 0 RR BJB BJB RR 2023-04-04 1 0 002 E 185.86 W516r 1997 00000068469 2018-10-23 00:00:00 1 2018-10-23 bk