Black Leadership Development’s Checkered History
June 15, 2017
Author Adolph Reed’s book, The Jug and its Contents: A Perspective on Black Political Development raises controversial but provocative questions about Black leadership and the devolving state of the “Black community.” His basic argument is the idea that there is a cohesive Black collectivity or identity is a myth. He attempts to show why this myth was necessary after the Civil War in order to present a semblance of unity.