Black Power on Campus: The University of Illinois, 1965-75

Black Power on Campus: The University of Illinois, 1965-75
ISBN-10
0252095804
ISBN-13
9780252095801
Category
Social Science
Pages
216
Language
English
Published
2003-06-17
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Author
Joy Ann Williamson

Description

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. Drawing on student publications of the late 1960s and early 1970s, as well as interviews with student activists, former administrators, and faculty, Williamson discusses the emergence of Black Power ideology, what constituted "blackness," and notions of self-advancement versus racial solidarity.

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