Black power on campus : the University of Illinois, 1965-75 / Joy Ann Williamson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williamson-Lott, Joy Ann, 1971-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American college students--Political activity--Illinois.

African American college students.

Discrimination in higher education--Illinois.

Discrimination in higher education.

African Americans--Civil rights.

African Americans.

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign--History--20th century.

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (217 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Joy Williamson charts the evolution of Black consciousness on predominately white American campuses during the critical period between the mid-sixties and mid-seventies, with the Black student movement at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) serving as an illuminating microcosm of similar movements across the country." "As Williamson shows, increased university admission rates in the late 1960s did not lead to increased acceptance for Black students. In response to institutional apathy, or even hostility, Black students advocated Black unity, celebrated Black culture, and employed aggressive tactics to initiate a period of institutional reform during one of American higher education's most tempestuous eras. Williamson examines the creation of such groups as the Black Students Association at UIUC and looks at the effect the activities of such groups had on the wider student body, on academic administrators, and on university policies. Drawing on student publications of the late 1960s and early 1970s, as well as interviews with former administrators, faculty, and student activists, Williamson discusses the emergence of Black Power ideology, what constitutes "Blackness," and notions of self-advancement versus racial solidarity. Promoting an organic understanding of social protest and assessing the impact of Black student activism on an American campus, Black Power on Campus is an important contribution to the broader literature on African American liberation movements, the role of Black youth in protest movements, and the reform of American higher education."--Jacket

Contents:

Black youth forcing change

From Negro to Black : the Black Students Association

The Special Educational Opportunities Program

The launching of a movement

"We hope for nothing, we demand everything"

A lasting influence.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780252095801

0252095804

OCLC:

868219532