Against the odds : scholars who challenged racism in the twentieth century / edited by Benjamin P. Bowser and louis Kushnick.

A world libertarian : John Glover Jackson -- Portrait of a liberation scholar : John Henrik Clarke -- A lifetime of inquiry : Frank Snowden Jr. -- Writing about African Americans in American history : the career of John Hope Franklin -- Studies of the African diaspora : the work and reflections of St. Clair Drake -- Blending scholarship with public service : Robert C. Weaver -- Pursuing fieldwork in African American communities : some personal reflections of Hylan Lewis -- An architect of social change : Kenneth B. Clark -- Personal reflections on W.E.B. Du Bois : the person, scholar, and activist / by Herbert Aptheker and Fay Aptheker -- Vindication in speaking truth to power : Herbert Aptheker -- Catching history on the wing : A. Sivanandan as activist, teacher, and rebel / by Lou Kushnick and Paul Grant.