Category Archives: Black Intellectual, Political and Ideological Issues
A SHORT HISTORY OF PROPAGANDA
NOTE: This essay was written in 1998 and published in a local Philadelphia journal called The Real News. African American Studies was searching for a defining worldview and methodology. The two competing camps were at Temple and Harvard Universities. Molefi … Continue reading
W.E.B DUBOIS: SCHOLAR, SCIENTIST AND ACTIVISTS
NOTE: This essay was written in 1997. It was my effort to define W.E.B Du Bois as a central figure in the history of social science. But also to show how his social science breakthroughs were connected to activism and … Continue reading
THE BOURGEOISIFICATION OF NEGRO INTELLECTUALS AND OTHER PROBLEMS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
NOTE: This essay was written in 1999. Henry Louis Gates was well on his way to becoming the most well-known American academic and entrepeneur. Cornel West was reaching a new stage of his career , moving from academia to media … Continue reading
