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The Destruction of Black Civilization Chancellor Williams $17.95 |
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THIS WORK IS A SUMMARY OF THE 16 YEARS OF RESEARCH and field studies which were intended for a 2-volume history of the African people. The writing plan for the two volumes would have required at least another five years, even if the serious impairment of my vision had not occurred. In the meantime there had developed an urgent need for the results of my research which concentrated on crucial areas in the history of the Blacks that had been either unknown, known and misinterpreted, or known but deliberately ignored. My own history classes were only a part of the rebellion against the only kind of textbooks available. It was a general rebellion against the subtle message from even the most "liberal" white authors (and their Negro disciples): "You belong to a race of nobodies. You have no worthwhile history to point to with pride."
The Destruction of Black Civilization, therefore, could not wait another five years just to be more detailed, impressive, or massive in scope, for a reinterpretation of the history of the African race could be compressed into a small work for background reading, and so written that black John Doe, cab driver or laborer, and Jane Doe, housemaid or waitress, as well as college students and professors, could read and understand the message from their forefathers and foremothers.
A foundation and new approach to the history of our race ... It was pioneering research into unexplored areas. This book is not only urgently needed now, but it will be read by future generations.
President, African Heritage Association
This book should be the basis for all the so-called Black Studies programs. This is the basic text, necessary for Afrikan mental development in the last part of the 20th century. -Amiri Baraka
Williams' directness, forcefulness, and the partial warmth of an insider whose own destiny and that of his people is at stake has strong impact.... The Destruction of black Civilization is a balanced appraisal of an ancient and contemporary African history....
-The Black World
This book is a contribution to the understanding of Black civilization and the way of life of African people. For once here is documentation put forth by a Black scholar. More books of this kind are needed.
Wiley Smith III,
Associate Director, Institute of African-American Affairs Kent State University
... It is a comprehensive analysis of our past and a most perceptive and relevant analysis of our present condition as a people.
-Andrew J. Billingsley, Vice President for Academic Affairs Howard University
Chancellor Williams comes to us at a time when his message, if interpreted correctly, can help us to understand Why We Lose-why the Black African man rests firmly on the bottom of Africa and everywhere else the African and his descendants reside. His book needs little analysis. It needs to be read. His message is sharp and clear for everyone to see.... He says that the central problem of the 30 million Black Americans in the United States is unity-that we must unite or perish.
-The Afrocentric World Review
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