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BL
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| Record Number
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635922
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dltt
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| Main Entry
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Ferguson, Karen, (Karen Jane)
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| Title & Author
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Top down : : the Ford Foundation, black power, and the reinvention of racial liberalism /\ Karen Ferguson
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| Edition Statement
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1st ed
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| Series Statement
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Politics and culture in modern America
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| Page. NO
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327 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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9780812245264
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: 0812245261
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [371]-311) and index
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| Abstract
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"In Top down, Karen Ferguson explores the consequences of [the] counterintuitive and unequal relationship between the liberal establishment and black activists and their ideas. In essence, the white liberal effort to reforge a national consensus on race had the effect of remaking racial liberalism from the top down--a domestication of black power ideology that still flourishes in current racial politics. Ultimately, this new racial liberalism would help foster a black leadership class--including Barack Obama--while accommodating the intractable inequality that first drew the Ford Foundation to address the 'race problem'"--Jacket, p. [2]
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| Subject
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Ford Foundation-- History
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Black power-- United States-- History-- 20th century
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African Americans-- Civil rights-- History-- 20th century
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Liberalism-- United States-- History-- 20th century
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United States, Race relations, Political aspects, History, 20th century
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| Dewey Classification
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305.896/073
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| LC Classification
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HV97.F62F47 2013
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