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Shelter in a Time of Storm: How Black Colleges Fostered Generations of Leadership and Activism
By Favors, Jelani M.
- ISBN
- 9781469648330 9781469648347
- Publisher
- Univ. of North Carolina
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Starred Review on March 1, 2019 | Social Sciences
Favors (history, Clayton State Univ.) is passionate about his subject—the role of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in fostering black activism—and his larger theme of eradicating racism in America and fulfilling the promise of democracy. The author presents the emergence of activism on seven campuses in five states, from the mid-19th century to the present. With the end of slavery resulting in Jim Crow oppression rather than full c...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
