Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-195) and index.
Critical social thought in the interest of black folks -- Foundations of a new black movement : theoretical and practical dimensions -- African American sociopolitical thought : a critical overview -- On race and class (or, on the prospects of "rainbow socialism") -- Toward a critical theory of race -- Critical theory in a period of radical transformation -- Racial and ethnic complexities in American life : implications for black folks -- Conserve races? : in defense of W.E.B. Du Bois -- "Multiculturalism," citizenship, education, and American liberal democracy -- Postscript : the quest for a partisan "theory" of society