Speak Truth to Power: Black Professional Class in United States History

by Darlene Clark Hine

A collection of essays detailing the intermingling conceptions of race, class, and gender among Black professionals. Hine (American History, Michigan State U.) intersperses her analysis with interviews of lawyers, nurses, teachers, and artists to compile a view which encompasses the particular historical experience of a class of people transformed by the Civil Rights Movement and feminism. Specifically, she discusses recognizable persons such as Anita Hill, Booker T. Washington, and Miles Davis, while generally reviewing the class histories of Black lawyers, nurses, and health care professionals. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

222 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1996