His six models or eras of ‘Black self perception’ will require a seventh:
Pre- Civil War Hopeless
(1619-1861)
The Civil War Hopeful
(1867-1865)
Reconstruction Emerging as first-class citizens
(1865-1877)
Early Post Recon. Hopeless
(1877-1954)
Late Jim Crow Aggrieved, determined, defiant
(1954-1968)
Contemporary Aimless
(1968-2008)
I think he would add a Seventh, a return to hopefulness after nearly 150 years:
New Dawn Hopeful
(2009)
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