Dimensions of Black Conservatism in the United States: Made in America

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Introduction....Pages 6-10
Front Matter....Pages 11-11
Black Creole Cultures: The Eighteenth-Century Origins of African American Conservatism....Pages 13-29
The American Moral Reform Society and the Origins of Black Conservative Ideology....Pages 31-41
“There Is no Refuge in Conservatism”: A Case Study of Black Political Conservatism in Richmond, Virginia....Pages 43-65
Front Matter....Pages 67-67
The Politics of the Anti-Woman Suffrage Agenda: African Americans Respond to Conservatism....Pages 69-84
“If It ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix It”: Thomas Sowell on Black Women, Affirmative Action, and the Death of Discrimination....Pages 85-99
The Neoconservative Assault on Black Males: Origins, Objectives, and Outcomes....Pages 101-116
Front Matter....Pages 117-117
The Individual Ethos: A Defining Characteristic of Contemporary Black Conservatism....Pages 119-139
Remaking African American Public Opinion: The Role and Function of the African American Conservatives....Pages 141-160
Front Matter....Pages 161-161
The Lonely Iconoclast: George Schuyler and the Civil Rights Movement....Pages 163-178
Neoconservatives, Black Conservatives, and the Retreat from Social Justice....Pages 179-196
Black Conservatives and Class Relations....Pages 197-223
Beyond Black Neoconservatism and Black Liberalism....Pages 225-235
Back Matter....Pages 237-244