The Black Revolution on Campus

Martha Biondi

Published by University of California Press 2012

The Black Revolution on Campus

Martha Biondi

https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520953529

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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.

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Biondi Martha :

Martha Biondi is Professor of African American Studies and History at Northwestern University. She is the author of To Stand and Fight: The Struggle for Civil Rights in Postwar New York City.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Illustrations Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction. The Black Revolution on Campus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 1. Moving toward Blackness: The Rise of Black Power on Campus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
Chapter 2. A Revolution Is Beginning: The Strike at San Francisco State Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
Chapter 3. A Turbulent Era of Transition: Black Students and a New Chicago Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	79
Chapter 4. Brooklyn College Belongs to Us: The Transformation of Higher Education in New York City Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	114
Chapter 5. Toward a Black University: Radicalism, Repression, and Reform at Historically Black Colleges Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	142
Chapter 6. The Counterrevolution on Campus: Why Was Black Studies So Controversial? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	174
Chapter 7. The Black Revolution Off-Campus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	211
Chapter 8. What Happened to Black Studies? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241
Conclusion. Reflections on the Movement and Its Legacy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	268
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	279
Selected Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	319
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	325
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Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	331

Language: English
Publisher: University of California Press
Pages
- Main content: 366

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Published: August 6, 2012
ISBN: 9780520953529