In the Service of God and Humanity (Record no. 63246)
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| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Adeleke, Tunde, |
| Relator term | author |
| 245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | In the Service of God and Humanity |
| 246 ## - VARYING FORM OF TITLE | |
| Title proper/short title | Conscience, Reason, and the Mind of Martin R. Delany |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | [Place of publication not identified] : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | [Publisher not identified], |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2021 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource (208 pages) |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE | |
| Content type term | text |
| Content type code | txt |
| Source | rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE | |
| Media type term | computer |
| Media type code | c |
| Source | rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE | |
| Carrier type term | online resource |
| Carrier type code | cr |
| Source | rdacarrier |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | 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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| Uncontrolled term | Activist, Abolitionist, African American, Black, Nationalist, Integration, 19Th Century, Humanist |
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| Uncontrolled term | Biography & Autobiography / Social Activists |
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| Uncontrolled term | History / African American & Black |
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| Uncontrolled term | Political Science / Civil Rights |
| 856 ## - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/47755/1/9781643361857.pdf||https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/47755/2/9781643361857.epubhttp://www.sc.edu/uscpress/books/2021/6184.htmlhttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/47755">https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/47755/1/9781643361857.pdf||https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/47755/2/9781643361857.epubhttp://www.sc.edu/uscpress/books/2021/6184.htmlhttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/47755</a> |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | E-Book |
| Withdrawn status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Total Checkouts | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Directory of Open Access Books | Directory of Open Access Books | 11/28/2022 | 11/28/2022 | 11/28/2022 | E-Book |