The Campus Color Line: College Presidents and the Struggle for Black Freedom
- ISBN-10
- 0691206767
- ISBN-13
- 9780691206769
- Category
- Education
- Pages
- 376
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2022-02-15
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Author
- Eddie R. Cole
Description
The remarkable history of how college presidents shaped the struggle for racial equalitySome of America's most pressing civil rights issues-desegregation, equal educational and employment opportunities, housing discrimination, and free speech-have been closely intertwined with higher education institutions. Although it is commonly known that co
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