The Second Generation of African American Pioneers in Anthropology Harrison

The Second Generation of African American Pioneers in AnthropologyAuthor(s): Ira E. Harrison, Deborah Johnson-Simon, Erica Lorraine Williams, George Clement Bond, Johnnetta B Cole, James Lowell Gibbs Jr., Vera Mae Green, John Langston Gwaltney, Ira E. Harrison, Delmos Jones\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Illinois Press, United States\nImprint: University of Illinois Press\nISBN-13: 9780252042027, 978-0252042027\nSynopsis\nAfter the pioneers, the second generation of African American anthropologists trained in the late 1950s and 1960s. Expected to study their own or similar cultures, these scholars often focused on the African diaspora but in some cases they also ranged further afield both geographically and intellectually. Yet their work remains largely unknown to colleagues and students. This volume collects intellectual biographies of fifteen accomplished African American anthropologists of the era. The authors explore the scholars' diverse backgrounds and interests anI