The Black Revolution on CampusThe 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. |
Contents
The Rise | 13 |
The Strike | 43 |
Black Students | 79 |
The Transformation | 114 |
Radicalism Repression | 142 |
Why Was Black | 174 |
The Black Revolution Off Campus | 211 |
What Happened to Black Studies? | 241 |
Conclusion Reflections on the Movement and Its Legacy | 268 |
Selected Bibliography | 319 |
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