Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Marybeth Gasman writes about racism, philanthropy, HBCUs & faculty. Black American writer and advocate of radical Black action Dr ...

In 1967, the social critic Harold Cruse published “The Crisis of the Negro Intellectual,” a magisterial and blistering assessment of Black thought leadership that remains startlingly relevant today.

The intermittent debate around the role of black intellectuals, especially academics — whether they are absent from public debates and hence have minimal impact on critical policy issues — is apt and ...

“Black intellectuals,” Reed wrote, “need to address both black and white audiences, and those different acts of communication proceed from objectives that are distinct and often incompatible.” Being a ...

Amid renewed activism following a Supreme Court ruling and shifting generational trends, some Black church leaders and commentators are urging congregations to confront anti-intellectualism. Advocates ...

The seeds of Black History Month were sown more than 100 years ago in the South Side YMCA at 3763 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago. Carter G. Woodson, a University of Chicago alum, was staying in a room at the ...

For years, St. Louis American editorial board member Mike Jones and activist attorney Eric E. Vickers have engaged in lively email exchanges on the issues of the day, frequently copying colleagues in ...

I. Introduction: Revisitation and Beyond -- II. Racism and Race: Lolling and Lumbering in an Intellectual Wasteland -- III. Romancing the Black Nationalist Stone -- IV. Three of a Kind: Black ...