«The principal strength of Ricky K. Green's work is that he offers accessible means to think about, discuss, understand, and analyze immeasurable complexity. One of the major findings of Black scholarship over the past half century is the almost infinite complexity of the lives of African peoples. That scholarship has revealed a world so varied, complex, and dense that there are no precedents for how to think about it productively. Professor Green provides a pathway to understanding a central aspect of this nexus - the centrality of Black culture in Black political conceptualizations and actions, at both mass and elite levels. This is an area of thought so convoluted, contradictory, and wide-ranging that an intellectual short-hand is required to make sense of it. In an extraordinary intellectual tour de force, Professor Green has provided it.» (David Covin, Professor Emeritus of Government and Ethnic Studies, Immediate Past President, the National Conference of Black Political Scientists).