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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Gregory S. Parks , Stefan M. Bradley , Michael A. BlakePublisher: The University Press of Kentucky Imprint: The University Press of Kentucky Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.566kg ISBN: 9780813134215ISBN 10: 0813134218 Pages: 412 Publication Date: 27 January 2012 Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Professional & Vocational , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock  The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Table of ContentsReviews<p> The history of Alpha Phi Alpha is the history of America's Black Leaders. Gregory Parks and Stefan Bradley's book helps to illustrate and inspire a greater understanding of the unique, and important role of the first, continuous intercollegiate African American Greek letter organization in United States. -- Marc H. Morial, President and CEO, National Urban League -- Eleven well written chapters defining the identity and complexity of the fraternity are broken into five parts: the organizational identity, men who shaped the identity, internal and external mechanisms that define the identity, and the processes that shape the identity. -- Sheila Gaines, Tennessee Libraries -- <p> Alpha Phi Alpha provides a scholarly look at how the ethos and identity of America's oldest black intercollegiate fraternity has been crafted, influenced and challenged by the forces of society, culture and history. This pioneering work provides a serious framework for future conversations and solutions ... If Alpha Phi Alpha, and black fraternities in general, intend to persist into the next millennium this work is a must read. --Dr. Rodney T. Cohen, Assistant Dean of Yale and Director of the Afro American Cultural Center -- <p> A first-rate work that contributes substantially to the literature of the civil rights movement. An excellent treatment on all levels. -- Choice -- Author InformationGregory S. Parks, assistant professor of law at Wake Forest University School of Law, is coeditor of African American Fraternities and Sororities: The Legacy and the Vision and editor of Black Greek-Letter Organizations in the Twenty-First Century: Our Fight Has Just Begun. Stefan M. Bradley, associate professor of history and African American studies at Saint Louis University, is the author of Harlem vs. Columbia University: Black Student Power in the Late 1960s. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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