C. Eric Lincoln

The NYPR Archive Collections | Jan 1, 2000

Bill Booth interviews with Dr. C. Eric Lincoln, author of "Is Anybody Listening to Black America." (1968) The book is an anthology on black America's conception of the racial crisis and white America's response. Lincoln is a professor of sociology and religion at Union Theological Seminary in New York.

Booth: Is anybody listening?

Lincoln: "I think so.." Dr. Lincoln explains the title of the book. He talks about his earlier work on Black Muslims in American, a prelude to today's black power movement.

Booth: reads from the book on the importance of color in all discussions.

Lincoln talks about black leaders like Dr. King, Roy Wilkins, Whitney Young, Dr. James Cone, Lawrence Jones, Albert Clegg, Malcolm X, Dr. Nathan Wright, Dr. Alan Poussaint. He says blacks have a proliferation of leaders because they have a proliferation of problems and opinions. There is no monolithic mass with a single view in the black community, any more than in the white community.

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