The Black Campus Movement: Black Students and the Racial Reconstitution of Higher Education, 1965–1972 (Contemporary Black History)

This book provides the first national study of this intense and challenging struggle which disrupted and refashioned institutions in almost every state. It also illuminates the context for one of the most transformative educational movements in American history through a history of black higher education and black student activism before 1965. Between 1965 and 1972, African American students at upwards of a thousand historically black and white American colleges and universities organized, demanded, and protested for Black Studies, Black universities, new faces, new ideas-a relevant, diverse higher education. Black power inspired these black students, who were supported by white, Latino, Chicana, Asian American, and Native American students. The Black Campus Movement provides the first national study of this intense and challenging struggle which disrupted and refashioned institutions in almost every state. This book also illuminates the complex context for one of the most transformative educational movements in American history through a history of black higher education and black student activism before 1965 Front Matter....Pages i-xiv Introduction....Pages 1-7 An “Island Within”: Black Students and Black Higher Education Prior to 1965....Pages 9-28 “God Speed the Breed”: New Negro in the Long Black Student Movement....Pages 29-47 “Strike While the Iron Is Hot”: Civil Rights in the Long Black Student Movement....Pages 49-65 “March That Won’t Turn Around”: Formation and Development of the Black Campus Movement....Pages 67-87 “Shuddering in a Paroxysm of Black Power”: A Narrative Overview of the Black Campus Movement....Pages 89-106 “A Fly in Buttermilk”: Black Campus Movement Organizations, Demands, Protests, and Support....Pages 107-125 “Black Jim Crow Studies”: Opposition and Repression....Pages 127-143 “Black Students Refuse to Pass the Buck”: The Racial Reconstitution of Higher Education....Pages 145-159 Epilogue: Backlash and Forward Lashes of the Black Campus Movement....Pages 161-169 Back Matter....Pages 171-235 "Between 1965 and 1972, African American students at upwards of a thousand historically black and white American colleges and universities organized, demanded, and protested for Black Studies, Black universities, new faces, new ideas--a relevant, diverse higher education. Black power inspired these black students, who were supported by white, Latino, Chicana, Asian American, and Native American students. The Black Campus Movement provides the first national study of this intense and challenging struggle which disrupted and refashioned institutions in almost every state. This book also illuminates the complex context for one of the most transformative educational movements in American history through a history of black higher education and black student activism before 1965"--Provided by publisher

Between 1965 and 1972, African American students at upwards of a thousand historically black and white American colleges and universities organized, demanded, and protested for Black Studies, Black universities, new faces, new ideas—a relevant, diverse higher education. Black power inspired these black students, who were supported by white, Latino, Chicana, Asian American, and Native American students.The Black Campus Movement provides the first national study of this intense and challenging struggle which disrupted and refashioned institutions in almost every state. This book also illuminates the complex context for one of the most transformative educational movements in American history through a history of black higher education and black student activism before 1965.

Machine generated contents note: An "Island Within": Black Students and Black Higher Education Prior to the Black Campus Movement * "God Speed the Breed": New Negro in the Long Black Student Movement * "Strike while the Iron is Hot": Civil Rights in the Long Black Student Movement * "March that Won't Turn Around": Formation and Development of the Black Campus Movement * "Shuddering in a Paroxysm of Black Power": A Narrative Overview of the Black Campus Movement * "A Fly in Buttermilk": BCM Organizations, Demands, Protests, and Support * "Black Jim Crow Studies": Opposition and Repression * "Black Students Refuse to Pass the Buck": Racial Reconstitution of Higher Education.