One of the salient differences between British and North American public spheres is that in the USA black public intellectuals are a longstanding, if embattled, feature of national life. Indeed ask any moderately interested Briton to name a 'black intellectual' and chances are t…
While black public intellectuals are an embedded, if often embattled, feature of national life in America, black British thinkers remain routinely marginalised. 'Black British Intellectuals and Education' counters this neglect by exploring histories of race, education and social…
Ask any moderately interested Briton to name a black intellectual and chances are the response will be an American name: Malcolm X or Barack Obama, Toni Morrison or Cornel West. Yet Britain has its own robust black intellectual traditions and its own master teachers, among them …