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On the Responsibility of Intellectuals

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Eugene F. Rivers, 3dOn The Responsibility of Intellectuals in the Age of Crack 17.5
Immediately addressed to the Boston/Cambridge intellectual community, Rivres' letter speaks at the same time to a much broader audience: in fact, to anyone interested in the fate of the urban poor in the United States. A pastor and social analyst, Rivers works every day with poor women and children in Boston's Dorchester and Roxbury neighborhoods. In their name, he asks us to reflect on the moral meaning of intellectual life.
Regina Austin,
Selwyn Cudjoe,
bell hooks,
Randall Kennedy
Forum - "The Responsibility of Intellectuals in The Age of Crack" 19.1
Margaret Burnham,
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.,
bell hooks,
Glenn C. Loury
Forum - "Who Owes What? On the Responsibility of Intellectuals" 18.1
Cathy J. CohenResponse to Eugene Rivers' "On the Responsibility of Intellectuals in the Age of Crack" 18.6
Harvey CoxResponse to Rivers 18.6
Eric FonerResponse to Rivers 18.6
Eugene GenoveseEugene Rivers's Challenge: A Response 18.5
According to Genovese, liberals are hostile to religion, community, and traditional morality, and that hostility now stands in the way of racial justice.
Noel IgnatievResponse to Rivers 18.6
Askold MelnyczukResponse to forum "On the Responsibility of Intellectuals" 18.2
Clyde N. WilsonResponse to Rivers 18.6