White money/Black power : the surprising history of African American studies and the crisis of race in higher education / Noliwe M. Rooks.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rooks, Noliwe, 1963-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ford Foundation--History--20th century.

Ford Foundation.

African Americans--Study and teaching (Higher)--History--20th century.

African Americans.

Education, Higher--Economic aspects--United States--History--20th century.

Education, Higher.

African Americans--Education (Higher)--History--20th century.

Black power--United States--History--20th century.

Black power.

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

African American college students.

Student movements--United States--History--20th century.

Student movements.

United States--Race relations--History--20th century.

United States.

Physical Description:

213 p.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Beacon Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The history of African American Studies is often told as a heroic tale, with compelling images of black power and passionate African American students who refuse to take "no" for an answer. Noliwe M. Rooks argues for the recognition of another story that proves that many of the programs that survived were actually begun due to heavy funding from the Ford Foundation or, put another way, as a result of white philanthropy.Today, many students in African American Studies courses are white, and an increasing number of black students come from Africa or the Caribbean, not the United States. This shift-which makes the survival of the discipline contingent on non-African American students-means that "blackness can mean everything and, at the same time, nothing at all." While the Ford Foundation provided much-needed funding, its strategies, aimed at addressing America_s "race problem," have left African American Studies struggling to define its identity in light of the changes it faces today. With unflinching honesty, Rooks shows that the only way to create a stable future for African American Studies is through confronting its complex past.

Contents:

Intro

CONTENTS

WHITE MONEY/BLACK POWER: The Ford Foundation and Black Studies

A Story to Pass On

Remembering Freedom

Race, Higher Education, and the American University

Rise of the Black Student Movement

McGeorge Bundy, the Ford Foundation, and Black Studies

BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY: Student Protest and the Birth of Black Studies

Prelude to a Strike

San Francisco State: An Unlikely Place for a Revolution

The White Student Protest Movement: Port Huron Statement

The Strike in Black and White

Cornell University

NATION BUILDING IN THE BELLY OF THE BEAST

Race, Rebellion, and Black Studies

Structured Equality: Methodologies of Blackness in the Early Years

The Ford Foundation and Black Studies: The Yale Conference

McGeorge Bundy and Black Power

Cleveland: Background of an Election

Ocean Hill-Brownsville

BLACK STUDIES IN WHITE AND BLACK: The Ford Foundation Funds Black Studies

Black Studies Grant Making and the Ford Foundation

White Philanthropy and Black Education: An Overview

The First Round of Grants in Black Studies

Looking Back and Wondering: Surveying the Field Five Years Later

Maybe Wrong, but Never in Doubt

THE LEGACY IN THE PRESENT

Travels in Time: Black Studies, African Americans, and Affirmative Action

Ford, Black Students, and the Post-Civil Rights Era

Stories from the Front Lines: African American Studies in Contemporary America

Bakke, Affirmative Action, and Higher Education, 1970-2003

From Black Studies to African Diaspora Studies: A Shift in Perspective

EVERYTHING AND NOTHING AT ALL: Race, Black Studies, and Higher Education Today

Diversity in Black

Getting There from Here: The Future of African American Studies

Profiles in Diversity in Higher Education, or, What's Race Got to Do with It?

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

NOTES.

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-204) and index.

OCLC:

922967913