Left of Black: The death of Trayvon Martin and the "fictions" of black leadership
By
Mark Anthony Neal
Left of Black
March 25, 2011
Later, Neal is joined via Skype© by Erica Edwards, Professor of English at the University of California at Riverside and author of the new book Charisma: The Fictions of Black Leadership. Edwards discusses the inspiration for her book – a speech made by singer Erykah Badu at the Million Man March in 2005. Edwards examines why the leadership of a singular Black male has been deemed so important to the Black community, and explains how different time periods create a yearning for charismatic leadership.