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The Man Who Armed a Movement with Truth

By Michael Webster

The Man Who Armed a Movement with Truth

By Michael Webster

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Charles S. Johnson (1893-1956) was a man of quiet force, a figure whose multifaceted career shaped the modern era from behind the scenes. He was the pioneering sociologist whose meticulous data-driven reports on the Chicago Race Riot provided the first objective analysis of urban systemic racism. He was the midwife of the Harlem Renaissance, providing the crucial platform, funding, and patronage for Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, and a generation of artists through Opportunity magazine.Driven by an unwavering belief in empirical truth, Johnson dedicated his life to translating Black reality into irrefutable fact. His deep-South fieldwork on sharecroppers for Shadow of the Plantation informed the New Deal and served as the critical foundation for An American Dilemma. Finally, as the first Black president of Fisk University, he built a center of academic excellence that trained the next wave of Civil Rights leaders.This definitive biography reveals how Johnson strategically wielded science, culture, and institutional power to wage a quiet, relentless war against prejudice, providing the evidence base upon which the legal and moral victories of the Civil Rights Era were founded. Approx.172 pages, 31100 word count
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
172
Release Date:
2025-11-22
Publication Date:
2025-11-22
Publisher:
Michael Webster
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN13:
9798231227846
Weight:
225 g
Height:
140 cm
Width:
216 cm
Thickness:
10 cm
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