From the publisher’s description:
Examines the art, music, religion and testimonies of African Americans and finds that the core values of the masses have always been self-determination, education, freedom, and resistance to assimilation.
Franklin, V. P. (NHC Fellow, 1981–82). Black Self-Determination: A Cultural History of the Faith of the Fathers. Westport, CT: Laurence Hill, 1984. ISBN 0882081772.