With his new book, William E. Burrows, the author of "Deep Black," an authoritative volume on espionage from space, seeks to right that balance.
David Harewood, who featured in hit series Homeland "Unfortunately there aren't that many roles for authoritative, strong, black characters in this country.
He was speaking in London at the launch of Homeland, the Golden Globe-winning US thriller series shortly to be aired on Channel 4. "Unfortunately there really aren't that many roles for authoritative, strong, black characters in this country.
Additionally several studies have reported that while Caucasian parents most frequently have authoritative parenting styles, black parents have more authoritarian parenting styles and Hispanic parents are characterized by more permissive parenting styles.
Published in 1961, "The Black Muslims in America" remains the authoritative text on the organization.
"Change produces controversy, and that's what we have in this case," Myron, a middle-aged black man who has the bluntly authoritative look and demeanor unique to experienced local politicians, told me.
Veerabhadran Ramanathan, a professor of climate science at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego who has long campaigned to control black carbon, described the study as highly authoritative.
Colours say a lot as well, according to Mrs Bell, with authoritative leaders being directed towards black or charcoal grey clothing, team players in browns while blue is said to be the colour of trust.
Black parents tend to have a more authoritative parenting style and white parents tend to have a more lenient parenting style.
I was fascinated by this black woman with the big hair and soothing but authoritative voice, who stalked her studio, microphone in hand.
