text: As the book discusses the fate of the black college , or the Harlem Renaissance , or the participation of African-American intellectuals in government during World War II , it draws a sharp picture of the fate of blacks with brains , forced , whatever their real interests , to deal with the question of race .
  
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  The book discusses the fate of the black college , the Harlem Renaissance , and the participation of African-American intellectuals in government during World War II .