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"A stunning and ambitious origins story."—Ibram X. Kendi, National Book Award–winning and #1 New York Times –bestselling author The remarkable history of how college presidents shaped the struggle for racial equality Some 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 college students and other activists, as well as politicians, actively participated in the fight for and against civil rights in the middle decades of the twentieth century, historical accounts have not adequately focused on the roles that the nation's college presidents played in the debates concerning racism. Based on archival research conducted at a range of colleges and universities across the United States, The Campus Color Line sheds light on the important place of college presidents in the struggle for racial parity. Focusing on the period between 1948 and 1968, Eddie Cole shows how college presidents, during a time of violence and unrest, strategically, yet often silently, initiated and shaped racial polici

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Author

Eddie Rice Cole, II

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Published

2020

Language

EN

ISBN

9780691206769

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Education, Political Science