Joy Ann Williamson charts the evolution of black consciousness on predominately white American campuses during the critical period between the mid-1960s and mid-1970s, with the Black student movement at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign serving as an illuminating microcosm of similar movements across the country. Nationwide black student college enrollment doubled from 1964 to 1970, with the greatest increase occurring at mostly white universities. As Williamson shows, however, increased admission did not bring with it increased acceptance. Confronted with institutional apathy or even hostility, African Americans began organizing.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 understanding of social protest and measuring the impact of black student activism on an American university, "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.
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ADVANCE PRAISE "Williamson has made a very worthwhile contribution to our understanding of a complex, turbulent chapter in American higher education." -- Richard P. McCormick, author of The Black Student Protest Movement and Rutgers.
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The history of Black students at predominantly white colleges and universities is a complicated one of discrimination, racism, protest, and resilience. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
white student groups, white campuses, continuing students, black students, coordinated protest, campus activism, societal reform, white institutions, campus chapter, housing staff, many former students Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
African American, Black Power, University of Illinois, Illini Union, Black Greek, Faculty-Student Commission, Black Students Association, Clarence Shelley, Black Panther Party, Afro-American Studies Commission, President David Dodds Henry, President Henry, Supreme Court, United States, World War, Yolanda Smith Stanback-Williams, Black Champaign, Chancellor Peltason, Coalition of Afrikan People, Daily Illini, David Addison, Fred Hampton, Martin Luther King Fund, New Negro, Spencer Report New!
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white student groups, white campuses, continuing students, black students, coordinated protest, campus activism, societal reform, white institutions, campus chapter, housing staff, many former students Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
African American, Black Power, University of Illinois, Illini Union, Black Greek, Faculty-Student Commission, Black Students Association, Clarence Shelley, Black Panther Party, Afro-American Studies Commission, President David Dodds Henry, President Henry, Supreme Court, United States, World War, Yolanda Smith Stanback-Williams, Black Champaign, Chancellor Peltason, Coalition of Afrikan People, Daily Illini, David Addison, Fred Hampton, Martin Luther King Fund, New Negro, Spencer Report New!
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- Black Power: The Politics of Liberation in America by Stokely Carmichael on 5 pages
- Black Power: The Politics of Liberation in America (Pelican) by S. Carmichael on page 24, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Civil Rights Movement (Magill's Choice) by Salem Press in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Black Rage by William Grier in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Challenge of Blackness by Lerone Bennett in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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