{"product_id":"in-the-service-of-god-and-humanity-conscience-reason-and-the-mind-of-martin-r-delany-hardcover","title":"In the Service of God and Humanity: Conscience, Reason, and the Mind of Martin R. Delany - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTunde Adeleke\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn analysis of Black activist Martin R. Delany's humanist vision for a world where everyone feels validated and empowered\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMartin R. Delany (1812-1885) was one of the leading and most influential Black activists and nationalists in American history. His ideas have inspired generations of activists and movements, including Booker T. Washington in the late nineteenth century, Marcus Garvey in the early 1920s, Malcolm X and Black Power in 1960s, and even today's Black Lives Matter. Extant scholarship on Delany has focused largely on his Black nationalist and Pan-Africanist ideas. Tunde Adeleke argues that there is so much more about Delany to appreciate.\u003ci\u003e In the Service of God and Humanity\u003c\/i\u003e reveals and analyzes Delany's contributions to debates and discourses about strategies for elevating Black people and improving race relations in the nineteenth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdeleke examines Delany's view of Blacks as Americans who deserved the same rights and privileges accorded Whites. While he spent the greater part of his life pursuing racial equality, his vision for America was much broader. Adeleke argues that Delany was a quintessential humanist who envisioned a social order in which everyone, regardless of race, felt validated and empowered. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough close readings of the discourse of Delany's humanist visions and aspirations, Adeleke illuminates many crucial but undervalued aspects of his thought. He discusses the strategies Delany espoused in his quest to universalize America's most cherished of values--life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness--and highlights his ideological contributions to the internal struggles to reform America. The breadth and versatility of Delany's thought become more evident when analyzed within the context of his American-centered aspirations. \u003ci\u003eIn the Service of God and Humanity\u003c\/i\u003e reveals a complex man whose ideas straddled many complicated social, political, and cultural spaces, and whose voice continues to speak to America today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTunde Adeleke\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of history and director of the African and African American Studies Program at Iowa State University. He is the author of the critically acclaimed \u003ci\u003eUnAfrican Americans: Nineteenth-Century Black Nationalists and the Civilizing Mission\u003c\/i\u003e as well as numerous books and articles on Martin R. Delany.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 220\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 05, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49156094296216,"sku":"9781643361840","price":92.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/8830\/4024\/files\/NUMrZ0hjMnJoMjlkUC9aRXVaSDEzZz09.webp?v=1779702746","url":"https:\/\/thepinkflamingobooks.myshopify.com\/products\/in-the-service-of-god-and-humanity-conscience-reason-and-the-mind-of-martin-r-delany-hardcover","provider":"The Pink Flamingo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}