By Charles M. Payne
If some black activists working in the South prior to the 1960s left an organizational heritage, other left a distinct philosophical heritage. Leadership among southern Blacks – in churches, on college campuses, within families – has frequently leaned toward the authoritarian. Taken as a group, Mississippi black activists before the 1960s reflected that traditional conception of leadership. They were shepherds; the people were to be cared for. Read more…