Dimensions of Black Conservatism in the United States

GAYLE TATE is acting Chair of African Studies at Rutgers University.LEWIS RANDOLPH is Professor of Political Science at Ohio University.

• PART I: THE CONTEXT OF BLACK CONSERVATISM Black Creole Cultures: The Eighteenth Century Origins of African American Conservatism; R.Jones The American Moral Reform Society and the Origins of Black Conservative Ideology; R.E.Weems, Jr Black Political Conservatism and Richmond Virginia: A Case Study; L.A.Randolph & G.T.Tate PART II: GENDER, FAMILY AND SOCIAL POLICY African Americans Respond to Conservatism: The Politics of Anti-Women Suffrage Agenda; R.Tergborg-Penn If it Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It: Thomas Sowell on Black Women, Affirmative Action and the Death of Discrimination; R.M.Williams NeoConservative Attacks on Black Families and the Black Male: An Analysis and Critique; J.B.Steward PART III: RHETORIC, MEDIA, AND PUBLIC OPINION Individualistic Ethos: A Defining Characteristic of Contemporary Conservatism; S.Smith Remaking African American Public Opinion: The Role and Function of the African American Conservatives; H.Walton, Jr PART IV: STRUGGLE, CLASS, AND IDEOLOGY The Lonely Iconoclast: George Schuyler and the Civil Rights Movement; O.R.Williams, Jr NeoConservatives, Black Conservatives, and The Retreat From Social Justice; F.H.Wilson Black Conservatives and Class Relations; M.D.Pohlmann Beyond Black NeoConservatism and Liberalism; J.Jennings