The Black revolution on campus /

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Author / Creator:	Biondi, Martha, author.
Imprint:	Berkeley : University of California Press, [2012] ©2012
Description:	1 online resource (viii, 356 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	ACLS Humanities E-Book.
Subject:	African American college students -- Political activity -- History -- 20th century. African American student movements. African Americans -- Education (Higher) -- History. African American college students -- Political activity. African American student movements. African Americans -- Education (Higher) Electronic book. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12348262

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ISBN:	9780520953529 0520953525 9780520269224 0520269225
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	"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."--Jacket.
Other form:	Print version: Biondi, Martha. Black revolution on campus. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2012 9780520269224

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Summary:	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.<br> <br> <br> <br> 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.<br> <br> <br> <br>
Physical Description:	1 online resource (viii, 356 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780520953529 0520953525 9780520269224 0520269225