Third World Press

Crisis of the Black Intellectual provides critical analysis on the public commentary of Black intellectuals. It argues that Black intellectuals are not as critical in their thought and analyses of Black, Whites, and Americans as they are capable of being and should be. In the book\'s introduction, Wright states: \"The Black historical experiences is one of the greatest and most complex experiences of human beings or humanity...\" Wright closes his \"Introduction\" with the following statement: \"A hope of this book is that it will get even more Black intellectuals to hear the historical beckoning by Blacks and America, and to hear what might also be called \'the beckoning of the times.\'\"