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The black power movement helped redefine African Americans' identity and establish a new racial consciousness in the 1960s. As an influential political force, this movement in turn spawned the academic discipline known as Black Studies. Today there are more than a hundred Black Studies degree programs in the United States, many of them located in America's elite research institutions. Fabio Rojas explores how this radical social movement evolved into a recognized academic discipline.
How does a fiery social movement adapt to institutions of higher learning? How do institutions respond to conflict, co-opt challengers, and absorb change? And how do movements cope with society's declining receptivity to reform? Fabio Rojas's book answers these questions and is a must read for activists and for scholars of African American politics and social movements.--Sidney Tarrow, Cornell University
A thoughtful and substantive contribution to the emerging new literature on the origins of Black Studies.--Left History
Historians of the civil rights movement and of American higher education will profit considerably from reading this work.--Journal of American History
A fascinating account of the development of Black Studies departments in American colleges and universities.--Administrative Science Quarterly
Carefully conceived and designed . . . Adds to the social science literature on ways in which marginalized groups mobilize to alter established organizations and institutions.--History of Education
Fabio Rojas is an assistant professor of sociology at Indiana University.
--Sidney Tarrow, Maxwell Upson Professor of Government and Sociology, Cornell University "Journal of Black Studies" From the Back Cover
The black power movement helped redefine African Americans' identity and establish a new racial consciousness in the 1960s. As an influential political force, this movement in turn spawned the academic discipline known as Black Studies. Today there are more than a hundred Black Studies degree programs in the United States, many of them located in America’s elite research institutions. Fabio Rojas explores how this radical social movement evolved into a recognized academic discipline.
"How does a fiery social movement adapt to institutions of higher learning? How do institutions respond to conflict, co-opt challengers, and absorb change? And how do movements cope with society's declining receptivity to reform? Fabio Rojas's book answers these questions and is a must read for activists and for scholars of African American politics and social movements."―Sidney Tarrow, Cornell University
"A thoughtful and substantive contribution to the emerging new literature on the origins of Black Studies."―Left History
"Historians of the civil rights movement and of American higher education will profit considerably from reading this work."―Journal of American History
"A fascinating account of the development of Black Studies departments in American colleges and universities."―Administrative Science Quarterly
"Carefully conceived and designed . . . Adds to the social science literature on ways in which marginalized groups mobilize to alter established organizations and institutions."―History of Education
Fabio Rojas is an assistant professor of sociology at Indiana University.
About the Author
Fabio Rojas is an assistant professor of sociology at Indiana University.
