Black students in the ivory tower : African American student activism at the University of Pennsylvania, 1967-1990 / Wayne Glasker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Glasker, Wayne, 1957-

Rosengarten Family Fund. PU

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

University of Pennsylvania--Students--Political activity--History--20th century.

University of Pennsylvania.

African American college students--Political activity--History--20th century.

African American college students.

Student movements--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History--20th century.

Student movements.

University of Pennsylvania--History--20th century.

History.

African American college students--Political activity.

Political participation.

Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Local Subjects:

University of Pennsylvania--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

xvii, 238 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2002]

Summary:

Focusing on the role of black student activism, this book traces the trajectory of controversy and debate over such issues as assimilation, integration, black nationalism, and cultural pluralism on a single university campus.

Contents:

Introduction : dual organization on the predominantly white campus

To open the doors of opportunity

Years of discord, 1967 and 1968

The sit-in of 1969

Reflections in the mirror, reflections in the curriculum

The sojourn of African American studies program

The most difficult year, 1969-1970

Confronting class and disadvantage

Is a Black dormitory "voluntary segregation"?

"A program for any undergraduate of any race"

The sit-in of 1978 and the United Minorities Council

Assimilation, pluralism, and nationalism-separatism

Conclusion: the revolt against assimilation.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [217]-229) and index.

Local Notes:

HSP Copy: The Pennsylvania Abolition Society (PAS) Complementary Collection.

HSP Copy: The Balch Ethnic Studies Collection.

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

1558493220

OCLC:

48691382