In the Service of God and Humanity
"Martin R. Delany (1812–1885) was one of the leading and most influential Black activists and nationalists in American history. His ideas have inspired generations of activists and movements, including Booker T. Washington in the late nineteenth century, Marcus Garvey in the early 1920s, Malcolm X a...
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| author | Adeleke, Tunde |
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| description | "Martin R. Delany (1812–1885) was one of the leading and most influential Black activists and nationalists in American history. His ideas have inspired generations of activists and movements, including Booker T. Washington in the late nineteenth century, Marcus Garvey in the early 1920s, Malcolm X and Black Power in 1960s, and even today's Black Lives Matter. Extant scholarship on Delany has focused largely on his Black nationalist and Pan-Africanist ideas. Tunde Adeleke argues that there is so much more about Delany to appreciate. In the Service of God and Humanity reveals and analyzes Delany's contributions to debates and discourses about strategies for elevating Black people and improving race relations in the nineteenth century.
Adeleke examines Delany's view of Blacks as Americans who deserved the same rights and privileges accorded Whites. While he spent the greater part of his life pursuing racial equality, his vision for America was much broader. Adeleke argues that Delany was a quintessential humanist who envisioned a social order in which everyone, regardless of race, felt validated and empowered.
Through close readings of the discourse of Delany's humanist visions and aspirations, Adeleke illuminates many crucial but undervalued aspects of his thought. He discusses the strategies Delany espoused in his quest to universalize America's most cherished of values—life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness—and highlights his ideological contributions to the internal struggles to reform America. The breadth and versatility of Delany's thought become more evident when analyzed within the context of his American-centered aspirations. In the Service of God and Humanity reveals a complex man whose ideas straddled many complicated social, political, and cultural spaces, and whose voice continues to speak to America today." |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-645142025-03-12T10:53:24Z In the Service of God and Humanity Adeleke, Tunde BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Social Activists;POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights;HISTORY / African American & Black;activist, abolitionist, African American, Black, nationalist, integration, 19th century, humanist thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DN Biography and non-fiction prose::DNB Biography: general::DNBH Biography: historical, political and military thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPV Political control and freedoms::JPVH Human rights, civil rights thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTB Social and cultural history "Martin R. Delany (1812–1885) was one of the leading and most influential Black activists and nationalists in American history. His ideas have inspired generations of activists and movements, including Booker T. Washington in the late nineteenth century, Marcus Garvey in the early 1920s, Malcolm X and Black Power in 1960s, and even today's Black Lives Matter. Extant scholarship on Delany has focused largely on his Black nationalist and Pan-Africanist ideas. Tunde Adeleke argues that there is so much more about Delany to appreciate. In the Service of God and Humanity reveals and analyzes Delany's contributions to debates and discourses about strategies for elevating Black people and improving race relations in the nineteenth century. Adeleke examines Delany's view of Blacks as Americans who deserved the same rights and privileges accorded Whites. While he spent the greater part of his life pursuing racial equality, his vision for America was much broader. Adeleke argues that Delany was a quintessential humanist who envisioned a social order in which everyone, regardless of race, felt validated and empowered. Through close readings of the discourse of Delany's humanist visions and aspirations, Adeleke illuminates many crucial but undervalued aspects of his thought. He discusses the strategies Delany espoused in his quest to universalize America's most cherished of values—life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness—and highlights his ideological contributions to the internal struggles to reform America. The breadth and versatility of Delany's thought become more evident when analyzed within the context of his American-centered aspirations. In the Service of God and Humanity reveals a complex man whose ideas straddled many complicated social, political, and cultural spaces, and whose voice continues to speak to America today." 2021-04-09T02:02:07Z 2021-04-09T02:02:07Z 2021-04-08T09:34:48Z 2021 book OCN: 1250270172 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/47755 9781643361840 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/64514 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/47755/1/9781643361857.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/47755/1/9781643361857.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/47755/1/9781643361857.pdf 10.48172/9781643361857 10.48172/9781643361857 Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 0cdc3d7c-5c59-49ed-9dba-ad641acd8fd1 9781643361840 Sustainable History Monograph Pilot (SHMP) 208 open access |
| spellingShingle | BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Social Activists;POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights;HISTORY / African American & Black;activist, abolitionist, African American, Black, nationalist, integration, 19th century, humanist thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DN Biography and non-fiction prose::DNB Biography: general::DNBH Biography: historical, political and military thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPV Political control and freedoms::JPVH Human rights, civil rights thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTB Social and cultural history Adeleke, Tunde In the Service of God and Humanity |
| title | In the Service of God and Humanity |
| title_full | In the Service of God and Humanity |
| title_fullStr | In the Service of God and Humanity |
| title_full_unstemmed | In the Service of God and Humanity |
| title_short | In the Service of God and Humanity |
| title_sort | in the service of god and humanity |
| topic | BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Social Activists;POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights;HISTORY / African American & Black;activist, abolitionist, African American, Black, nationalist, integration, 19th century, humanist thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DN Biography and non-fiction prose::DNB Biography: general::DNBH Biography: historical, political and military thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPV Political control and freedoms::JPVH Human rights, civil rights thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTB Social and cultural history |
| topic_facet | BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Social Activists;POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights;HISTORY / African American & Black;activist, abolitionist, African American, Black, nationalist, integration, 19th century, humanist thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DN Biography and non-fiction prose::DNB Biography: general::DNBH Biography: historical, political and military thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPV Political control and freedoms::JPVH Human rights, civil rights thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTB Social and cultural history |
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