Democracy, Race, and Justice

The Speeches and Writings of Sadie T. M. Alexander

Democracy, Race, and Justice
Sadie T M Alexander, Nina Banks
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10 Aug 2021 US
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9780300246704
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The first book to bring together the key writings and speeches of civil rights activist Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander-the first Black American economist In 1921, Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander became the first Black American to gain a Ph. D. degree in economics. Unable to find employment as an economist because of discrimination, Alexander became a lawyer so that she could press for equal rights for African Americans. Although her historical significance has been relatively ignored, Alexander was a pioneering civil rights activist who used both the law and economic analysis to challenge racial inequities and deprivations. This volume-a recovery of Sadie Alexander' s economic thought-provides a comprehensive account of her thought-provoking speeches and writings on the relationship between democracy, race, and justice. Nina Banks' s introductions bring fresh insight into the events and ideologies that underpinned Alexander' s outlook and activism. A brilliant intellectual, Alexander called for bold, redistributive policies that would ensure racial justice for Black Americans while also providing a foundation to safeguard democracy.
"Nina Banks' excavation and presentation of Sadie Alexander' s words offers this pioneer' s early vision into the complex and irreducible structures race, class, gender and power in American economic life. "-Marcellus Andrews, Bucknell University "Sadie Alexander embodies the Black feminist saying, ' the political is personal. ' Her speeches brilliantly intertwine economics and law and will empower the next generation scholars-activists fighting for social justice. "-Rhonda Vonshay Sharpe, President, Women' s Institute for Science, Equity and Race "The speeches and writings of Sadie Alexander capture the intellectual reflections of a brilliant political economist, lawyer and racial justice advocate. Some of her observations have been confirmed by modern analysis; some cry out for closer scrutiny; others turn out to be dire predictions of the existential threat of racial discriminations for the rule of law and the fate of our democracy. Ignore at our own peril. "-Warren C. Whatley, Emeritus Professor of Economics, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander (1898-1989) was an attorney, economist, and civil rights activist. She was the first Black American to gain a Ph. D. degree in economics, doing so in 1921. Nina Banks is associate professor of economics and an affiliated faculty member in Women' s and Gender Studies and in Africana Studies at Bucknell University.
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ISBN-13: 9780300246704
Published: 10 Aug 2021
Published In: United States
Imprint: Yale University Press
Publisher: Yale University Press
Format: Hardback
Height: 235mm
Width: 156mm
Spine: 15mm
Weight: 666g
Pages: 320

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