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Fanon said that “every generation must find its mission” and this genera- tion’s mission is clearly articulated in The New Black Sociologists. The new black sociology should be unconditionally black feminist and intersectional, adopt a more international perspective, recognize the importance of “lay theorists” and experiential knowledge, and be deeply committed to defend- ing black people against the physical and emotional violence racism and the racists inflict on them. We are all indebted to Marcus Anthony Hunter for gathering these powerful voices in this book, a book destined to become a classic! Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, Duke University, Author of Racism without Racists Bravo! Another must-read book from the Black critical tradition. From its beginning Black social analysts have led in critically understanding this country’s still-foundational white racism. Here contemporary Black critical sociologists not only assess known and forgotten thought leaders and acti- vists of the past and present, but also provocatively research and weigh contemporary racial, class and gender issues their critical heritage enables them to comprehend more clearly than most analysts of our era. Joe R. Feagin, Texas A&M University, Coauthor of the forthcoming fourth edition of Racist America This page intentionally left blank The New Black Sociologists The New Black Sociologists follows in the footsteps of 1974’s pioneering text Black Sociologists: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives, by tra- cing the organization of its forbearer in key thematic ways. This new col- lection of essays revisits the legacies of significant Black scholars including W.E.B. Du Bois, James E. Blackwell, William Julius Wilson, Joyce Ladner, and Mary Pattillo, but also extends coverage to include overlooked figures like Audre Lorde, Ida B. Wells, James Baldwin and August Wilson—whose lives and work have inspired new generations of Black sociologists on con- temporary issues of racial segregation, feminism, religiosity, class, inequality and urban studies. Rather than a culmination of the legacies past, this volume signals a new starting point bearing the gifts inherited and the weight of the all-important work ahead. Marcus Anthony Hunter is Chair of the Department of African American Studies, Associate Professor of Sociology, and he holds the Scott Waugh Endowed Chair in the Division of Social Sciences at the University of Cali- fornia, Los Angeles. He is co-author of Chocolate Cities: The Black Map of American Life (2018) and the author of Black Citymakers: How the Phila- delphia Negro Changed Urban America (2013), which was a finalist for the C. Wright Mills Award in 2013. His research and areas of specialization are inrace;sexuality; urbanracerelations;andpolitics,historyandchange with a focus on urban black Americans. Sociology Re-Wired Edited by Jodi O’Brien, Seattle University, and Marcus Anthony Hunter, University of California, Los Angeles Sociology Re-Wired captures this combustible moment in American and global societies with new books that innovate and re-configure social and political issues. This hybrid series publishes timely, relevant, original research and textbooks that address significant social issues informed by critical race theory, Black feminism and Queer Studies traditions. Series books are written in a publicly accessible, multi-vocal style broadening the reach and impact of significant scholarly contributions beyond traditional academic audiences. Some titles published in this series were published under an earlier series name and a different editorship. Social Theory Re-Wired – Second Edition New Connections to Classical and Contemporary Perspectives by Wesley Longhofer and Daniel Winchester Social Statistics – Third Edition Managing Data, Conducting Analyses, Presenting Results by Thomas J. Linneman Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Decides? – Third Edition Abortion, Assisted Dying, Capital Punishment, and Torture by Sheldon Ekland-Olson Caged Women Incarceration, Representation, & Media edited by Shirley A. Jackson and Laurie L. Gordy The New Black Sociologists Historical and Contemporary Perspectives edited by Marcus A. Hunter Forthcoming: All Media are Social by Andrew Lindner The New Black Sociologists Historical and Contemporary Perspectives Edited by Marcus Anthony Hunter Firstpublished2018 byRoutledge 711ThirdAvenue,NewYork,NY10017 andbyRoutledge 2ParkSquare,MiltonPark,Abingdon,OxonOX144RN RoutledgeisanimprintoftheTaylor&FrancisGroup,aninforma business ©2018Taylor&Francis TherightoftheMarcusA.Huntertobeidentifiedastheauthorofthe editorialmaterial,andoftheauthorsfortheirindividualchapters,has beenassertedinaccordancewithsections77and78oftheCopyright, DesignsandPatentsAct1988. Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereprintedorreproduced orutilisedinanyformorbyanyelectronic,mechanical,orothermeans, nowknownorhereafterinvented,includingphotocopyingandrecording, orinanyinformationstorageorretrievalsystem,withoutpermissionin writingfromthepublishers. Trademarknotice:Productorcorporatenamesmaybetrademarksor registeredtrademarks,andareusedonlyforidentificationand explanationwithoutintenttoinfringe. LibraryofCongressCataloginginPublicationData Names:Hunter,MarcusAnthony,editor. Title:Thenewblacksociologists:historicalandcontemporary perspectives/editedbyMarcusAnthonyHunter. Description:NewYork,NY:Routledge,2018.|Series:Sociology re-wired|Includesbibliographicalreferences. Identifiers:LCCN2017060394|ISBN9781138046580(hardcover)| ISBN9781138046610(pbk.) Subjects:LCSH:AfricanAmericansociologists.|Sociology–UnitedStates. |AfricanAmericans–Studyandteaching.|AfricanAmericans–Social conditions. Classification:LCCHM477.U6N492018|DDC301.092–dc23 LCrecordavailableathttps://lccn.loc.gov/2017060394 ISBN:978-1-138-04658-0(hbk) ISBN:978-1-138-04661-0(pbk) ISBN:978-0-429-50768-7(ebk) TypesetinSabon byTaylor&FrancisBooks For Joyce Ladner, James Blackwell, and the freedom struggle that is Black sociology This page intentionally left blank Contents List of tables xii List of contributors xiii Note from the Series Editor xv Foreword xvi ZANDRIAF.ROBINSON Introduction xviii PART I HIDDEN FIGURES 1 1 #SayHerName: Why Black Women Matter in Sociology 3 HEDWIGLEEANDCHRISTINAHUGHES 2 Rewriting Wright: A Note on Perspective in Method and Writing 18 B.BRIANFOSTER 3 James Baldwin and the Lay Race Theorist Tradition 30 ANTONIARANDOLPH 4 Black versus European: Frantz Fanon and the Over-Determination of Blackness 42 JEANBEAMAN 5 The Sociology of Stuart Hall 49 MARCUSANTHONYHUNTER 6 The Cigar Annies of August Wilson: Ethnographically Unmasking Black Women’s Invisibility 55 RASHIDAZ.SHAWMCMAHON 7 Zora Neale Hurston and Ethnography of Black Life 62 ASHANTÈREESE

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