TY  - BOOK
AU  - West,Cornel
AU  - Sealey,Kelvin Shawn
ED  - Obsidian Society.
TI  - Restoring hope: conversations on the future of Black America 
SN  - 0807009423 (cloth)
AV  - 002 E 185.86 W516r 1997
U1  - 305.896/073 
PY  - 1997///
CY  - Boston, Mass.
PB  - Beacon Press
KW  - African Americans
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Conduct of life
KW  - Interviews
KW  - Celebrities
KW  - United States
KW  - 1945-
N1  - "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
N2  - 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?"
ER  -