The Black revolution on campus / Martha Biondi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Biondi, Martha.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

African American college students.

African American student movements.

African Americans--Education (Higher)--History.

African Americans.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (366 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Black Revolution on Campus is the definitive account of an extraordinary but forgotten chapter of the black freedom struggle. In the late 1960's and early 1970's, Black students organized hundreds of protests that sparked a period of crackdown, negotiation, and reform that profoundly transformed college life. At stake was the very mission of higher education. Black students demanded that public universities serve their communities; that private universities rethink the mission of elite education; and that black colleges embrace self-determination and resist the threat of integration. Most crucially, black students demanded a role in the definition of scholarly knowledge. Martha Biondi masterfully combines impressive research with a wealth of interviews from participants to tell the story of how students turned the slogan "black power" into a social movement. Vividly demonstrating the critical linkage between the student movement and changes in university culture, Biondi illustrates how victories in establishing Black Studies ultimately produced important intellectual innovations that have had a lasting impact on academic research and university curricula over the past 40 years. This book makes a major contribution to the current debate on Ethnic Studies, access to higher education, and opportunity for all.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Illustrations

Introduction. The Black Revolution on Campus

Chapter 1. Moving toward Blackness: The Rise of Black Power on Campus

Chapter 2. A Revolution Is Beginning: The Strike at San Francisco State

Chapter 3. A Turbulent Era of Transition: Black Students and a New Chicago

Chapter 4. Brooklyn College Belongs to Us: The Transformation of Higher Education in New York City

Chapter 5. Toward a Black University: Radicalism, Repression, and Reform at Historically Black Colleges

Chapter 6. The Counterrevolution on Campus: Why Was Black Studies So Controversial?

Chapter 7. The Black Revolution Off-Campus

Chapter 8. What Happened to Black Studies?

Conclusion. Reflections on the Movement and Its Legacy

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Acknowledgments

Photo Credits

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780520953529

0520953525

OCLC:

794664357