Envisioning Black Colleges A History of the United Negro College Fund

Name: Envisioning Black Colleges A History of the United Negro College Fund
Price: 3.86 USD
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9780801886041

ISBN-10: 080188604X

ISBN-13: 9780801886041

Edition: 2007

Authors: Marybeth Gasman

List price: $53.00

30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!

Sell

Get cash fast!

Marketplace

3 new & used from $3.86

what's this?

Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:

You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

Description:

Etched into America's consciousness is the United Negro College Fund's phrase "A mind is a terrible thing to waste." This book tells the multifaceted story of the organization's efforts on behalf of black colleges against the backdrop of the Cold War and the civil rights movement. Founded during the post--World War II period as a successor to white philanthropic efforts, the UNCF nevertheless retained vestiges of outside control. In its early years the organization was restrained in its critique of segregation and reluctant to lodge a challenge against institutional and cultural racism. Through written and oral histories, archival documents, and a cogent analysis of the group's outreach…

Book details

List price: $53.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: 6/29/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.93" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Foreword



Acknowledgments


Introduction: A Time for Innovation and Change



Black Colleges and the Origins of the United Negro College Fund



Bringing the Millionaires on Board



Flirting with Social Equality: New York's Elite Women Raise Funds



A Stigma of Inferiority: The Effect of Brown v. Board



Responding to the Black Consciousness Movement



Speaking Out on Behalf of Black Colleges



"A Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Waste"


Conclusion: An Organization That No One Could Argue Against


Appendixes



Pittsburgh Courier Letter to Black College Presidents



Member Colleges, 1944 to Present



Executive Directors and Presidents, 1944 to Present



National Campaign Chairmen, 1944 to 1979



Archives and Oral History Collections



Oral History Interviews


Notes


Index