Hirons Library : Leadership: Black Leadership

Black Leadership

The Business Strategy of Booker T. Washington by Michael B. Boston
ISBN: 9780813034737

Publication Date: 2010-08-29

Michael Boston offers a radical departure from other interpretations of Booker T. Washington by focusing on the latter's business ideas and practices. More specifically, Boston examines Washington as an entrepreneur, spelling out his business philosophy at great length and discussing the influence it had on black America. He analyzes the national and regional economies in which Washington worked and focuses on his advocacy of black business development as the key to economic uplift for African Americans.
What's Wrong with Obamamania? by Ricky L. Jones
ISBN: 9780791475799

Publication Date: 2008-06-05

Juxtaposes the meteoric rise of Barack Obama with far-reaching--and disturbing--shifts in black leadership in post-Civil Rights America.
Exodus Politics by Robert J. Patterson
ISBN: 9780813935256

Publication Date: 2013-11-15

Using the term "exodus politics" to theorize the valorization of black male leadership in the movement for civil rights, Robert J. Patterson explores the ways in which the political strategies and ideologies of this movement paradoxically undermined the collective enfranchisement of black people.
Answering the Call by Beverly L. Bower; Mimi Wolverton
ISBN: 9781579222543

Publication Date: 2009-03-30

This book presents the stories, and the reflections on their paths to leadership in higher education, of seven African American women. Each has been the first woman, first African American, or first African American woman in one or more of the positions of authority that she has held.
False Black Power by Jason L. Riley; Glenn C. Loury (Contribution by); John McWhorter (Contribution by)
ISBN: 9781599475189

Publication Date: 2017-06-15

Recent decades have witnessed a proliferation of black elected officials, culminating in the historic presidency of Barack Obama. However, racial gaps in employment, income, homeownership, academic achievement, and other measures not only continue but in some cases have even widened.
Junctures in Women's Leadership - Business by Stina Soderling, et al (Contribution by)
ISBN: 9780813565941

Publication Date: 2016-05-23

Junctures in Women's Leadership: Business answers highlights the professional accomplishments of twelve remarkable women and examining how they responded to critical leadership challenges.
How and Why Black Women Are Elected to Political Office by Dionne Rosser-Mims
ISBN: 9780773411166

Publication Date: 2011-07-20

While a small but growing number of empirical studies have been conducted and reported on Black women as leaders, most of which is focused on Black women in the professions, relatively few examine the leadership development experiences of the Black American woman who assumes elected office.
It Worked for Me by Colin Powell
Call Number: E840.5 .P68 A3 2012

ISBN: 9780062135124

Publication Date: 2012-05-22

A message of strength and endurance from a man who has dedicated his life to public service, It Worked for Me is a book with the power to show readers everywhere how to achieve a more fulfilling life and career.
Leadership and Management by Johann Mouton (Editor); Lauren Wildschut (Editor)
ISBN: 9781920677893

Publication Date: 2015-08-07

There has been a resurgence of interest in training programmes for higher education leaders and management (HELM) at African universities in recent times. Although there have been a few cases of evaluation studies of such programmes in Africa, a more systematic review of the lessons learnt through these programmes has not been done. This book aims to document and reflect on the learnings from intervention programmes at three African higher education councils. It is clear that university leaders face many leadership and management challenges. This is the starting point of the book.