{"product_id":"james-hudson-larry-omar-rivers-9780813079103","title":"James Hudson: Forgotten Forerunner in the Crusade for Civil Rights","description":"\u003cb\u003eA brilliant philosopher and his\u003cbr\u003einfluence on the rise of Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights movement\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile\u003cbr\u003eintellectual histories of the civil rights movement often center Martin Luther\u003cbr\u003eKing Jr.'s writings, author Larry Omar Rivers argues that this approach leaves\u003cbr\u003eout the scholar-activists who set the path for King. In this volume, Rivers\u003cbr\u003etells the mostly unknown story of James Hudson (1903-1980), a Black\u003cbr\u003ephilosopher, Florida A\u0026amp;M University professor, activist, and religious\u003cbr\u003eleader whose philosophical contributions laid a key piece of the groundwork for\u003cbr\u003ethe emergence of the civil rights movement. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on little-used primary source documents and original\u003cbr\u003einterviews with people who knew Hudson well, Rivers examines how Hudson's\u003cbr\u003etraining at Morehouse College, Colgate-Rochester Divinity School, and Boston\u003cbr\u003eUniversity shaped his scholar-activism, including his decision to become a\u003cbr\u003ePersonalist philosopher. As Rivers shows, Hudson crafted an influential\u003cbr\u003ephilosophy of life--a blend of Socratic inquiry, moral imagination, African American\u003cbr\u003espirituality, and Gandhian nonviolence--that became an essential foundation for\u003cbr\u003ethe rise of King, another Personalist philosopher. The book also sheds new\u003cbr\u003elight on the connections between the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott and the\u003cbr\u003elesser-known 1956 Tallahassee Bus Boycott, which together helped spark the formation\u003cbr\u003eof the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This long-overdue biography is not\u003cbr\u003eonly an insightful exploration of the intellectual and activist landscape of\u003cbr\u003ethe Black community from the 1930s to the 1960s but also the story of an unsung\u003cbr\u003ehero and his involvement with important scholarly communities that influenced\u003cbr\u003ethe trajectory of the civil rights movement. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePublication of this work made possible by a Sustaining the Humanities\u003cbr\u003ethrough the American Rescue Plan grant from the National Endowment for the\u003cbr\u003eHumanities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Larry Omar Rivers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813079101\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813079103\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Florida\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/20\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 284\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Larry Omar Rivers","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45897511960831,"sku":"9780813079103","price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_810f2aaf-8252-4c39-a028-d7c3b74b5a7f.jpg?v=1721374098","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/james-hudson-larry-omar-rivers-9780813079103","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}