The chosen we : Black women's empowerment in higher education / Rachelle Winkle-Wagner and Diana Slaughter Kotzin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Winkle-Wagner, Rachelle, author.

Slaughter Kotzin, Diana, author.

Series:

SUNY series, critical race studies in education.

SUNY Series, Critical Race Studies in Education Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American women--Education (Higher).

African American women.

United States.

Genre:

Interviews

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (372 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, [2023]

Summary:

Draws on and centers oral histories with Black women college graduates to demonstrate the role of community in fostering their success in and beyond education.

Contents:

Introduction to the foreword author, Dr. Diana Slaughter

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Part I. Black women's self-determination in education from here to eternity

Chapter 1. The collective history of Black women's ways of knowing

Chapter 2. From the unchosen me to the chosen we : Black women elevating Black women

Part II. From individualism to transformative community at predominantly White institutions (PWIs)

Chapter 3. Creating an oasis out of isolation : relationships that provide solace on White campuses

Chapter 4. Unapologetically embracing Blackness : the importance of Black student organizations on predominantly White campuses

Part III. From a collective legacy of racial uplift to empowered individual identity at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs)

Chapter 5. Blackness-as-greatness : the normalization of nuanced views of Black excellence within HBCUs

Chapter 6. HBCUs as home and family : embracing intersectional and nuanced Blackness through inclusion

Part IV. Embodying race, institutional memory, and the Chosen We

Chapter 7. From "unity" to "isolation" : comparing experiences within HBCUs and PWIs

Chapter 8. In sickness and health on campus : the health inferences of college contexts and health in 60 years of oral history

Appendix A. Putting Black women at the center as a White woman : an oral history methodology

Appendix B. Participants quoted in the book

Appendix C. Reading list of other publications from the project

Notes

References

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Winkle-Wagner, Rachelle The Chosen We

ISBN:

9781438495446

1438495447

OCLC:

1410024289