The Paradox of Loyalty

An African American Response to the War on Terrorism

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Edited by Julianne Malveaux and Reginna A. Green,

Foreword by Cornel West

Third World Press

Due/Published March 2003, 239 pages, cloth

ISBN 088378243X

After the events of September 11, 2001, the political leadership called for a "War on Terrorism" and immediately launched a military campaign on Afghanistan. The ensuing months and the anniversary of the disaster have given rise to questions and concerns of the efficacy and the fairness of the "War on Terrorism" and the other actions of the U.S. government. This book contains essays and comments on the "War of Terrorism" -- its causes and the reactions. The writers are all of African descent -- prominent academicians, political leaders, intellectuals, and ordinary citizens.

Contributors: Ron Walters, Orville Taylor, Danny Glover, Laura W. Murphy, John Edgar Wideman, Kimberly C. Ellis, Dr. Karin Stanford, Roland Martin, Marcia Ann Gillespie, Tamara A. Masters Wild, Congressman Barbara Lee, Melanie L. Campbell, Cheryl Poinsette Brown, Brian Gilmore, Rev. Willie Wilson, Askia Muhammad, Haki Madhubuti, Andrea Benton Rushing, and Gail Mitchell.