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Black Revolution on Campus
The Black Revolution on Campus is the definitive account of an extraordinary but forgotten chapter of the black freedom struggle. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, 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.
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.
367 pages, Hardcover
First published July 7, 2012
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October 10, 2018
3.75 stars
Really fascinating look at the creation of Black studies programs across the country. Yet another book that showed me how little I know about things I thought I was informed about.
Really fascinating look at the creation of Black studies programs across the country. Yet another book that showed me how little I know about things I thought I was informed about.
August 28, 2016
This book can be split into two components:
1)The historical map of black students entering universities during the 70's and their part as both one of the goals and participating members in the greater civil rights movement.
2) (My favorite part) The development of Black Studies in universities and its negotiations as both an academic discipline and a political position within an institution that has been predominantly white.
P.S. Shoutout to UC Berkeley and SFSU for being frequently referenced!
1)The historical map of black students entering universities during the 70's and their part as both one of the goals and participating members in the greater civil rights movement.
2) (My favorite part) The development of Black Studies in universities and its negotiations as both an academic discipline and a political position within an institution that has been predominantly white.
P.S. Shoutout to UC Berkeley and SFSU for being frequently referenced!
October 19, 2017
I had to read this book for my college history course on the Civil Rights Movement and Youth Activisim.
I had previously read John Lewis's memoir "Walking with The Wind" which discussed the earlier part of the movement with Martin Luther King Jr. and the sit ins, the freedom rides, and the speeches. This book is set at the end of the 60's and early 70's and discusses how the youth on college campuses (San Francisco, Chicago, Brooklyn) took over their campus to force administration to meet their demands and include African-American and Ethnic studies courses as well as Black teachers.
It was a well-written book, and I liked how she organized her writing.
I had previously read John Lewis's memoir "Walking with The Wind" which discussed the earlier part of the movement with Martin Luther King Jr. and the sit ins, the freedom rides, and the speeches. This book is set at the end of the 60's and early 70's and discusses how the youth on college campuses (San Francisco, Chicago, Brooklyn) took over their campus to force administration to meet their demands and include African-American and Ethnic studies courses as well as Black teachers.
It was a well-written book, and I liked how she organized her writing.
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