Envisioning Black Colleges: A History of the United Negro College Fund
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Publication Year
2007
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288
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United Negro College Fund--History.
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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 and advertising campaigns, historian Marybeth Gasman examines the UNCF's struggle to create an identity apart from white benefactors and evolve into a vehicle for black empowerment.
The first history of the UNCF, Envisioning Black Colleges draws attention to the significance of black colleges in higher education and the role they played in America's struggle for equality.
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 and advertising campaigns, historian Marybeth Gasman examines the UNCF's struggle to create an identity apart from white benefactors and evolve into a vehicle for black empowerment.
The first history of the UNCF, Envisioning Black Colleges draws attention to the significance of black colleges in higher education and the role they played in America's struggle for equality.
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Contents:
Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Introduction
Chapter One. Black Colleges and the Origins of the UNCF
Chapter Two. Bringing the Millionaires on Board
Chapter Three. Flirting with Social Equality: New York's Elite Women Raise Funds
Chapter Four. A Stigma of Inferiority-The Impact of Brown v. Board
Chapter Five. Responding to the Black Consciousness Movement
Chapter Six. Speaking out on Behalf of Black Colleges
Chapter Seven. "A Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Waste"
Chapter Eight. An Organization That No One Could Argue Against
Appendices
A. Pittsburgh Courier Letter to Black College Presidents
B. UNCF Member Colleges
C. Executive Directors and Presidents
D. National Campaign Chairmen
E. Archives and Oral History Collections
F. Oral History Interviews
Notes
References
Index
Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Introduction
Chapter One. Black Colleges and the Origins of the UNCF
Chapter Two. Bringing the Millionaires on Board
Chapter Three. Flirting with Social Equality: New York's Elite Women Raise Funds
Chapter Four. A Stigma of Inferiority-The Impact of Brown v. Board
Chapter Five. Responding to the Black Consciousness Movement
Chapter Six. Speaking out on Behalf of Black Colleges
Chapter Seven. "A Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Waste"
Chapter Eight. An Organization That No One Could Argue Against
Appendices
A. Pittsburgh Courier Letter to Black College Presidents
B. UNCF Member Colleges
C. Executive Directors and Presidents
D. National Campaign Chairmen
E. Archives and Oral History Collections
F. Oral History Interviews
Notes
References
Index
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