Envisioning Black Colleges
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Envisioning Black Colleges

A History of the United Negro College Fund

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eBook - ePub

Envisioning Black Colleges

A History of the United Negro College Fund

About this book

The multifaceted story of the UNCF.

Winner, Outstanding Publication Award, American Educational Research Association

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 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 cogent analysis of written and oral histories, archival documents, and the group's outreach and advertising campaigns, historian Marybeth Gasman examines the UNCF's struggle to create an identity apart from white benefactors and to 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 Americans' struggle for equality.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Foreword
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Introduction A Time for Innovation and Change
  9. Chapter 1 Black Colleges and the Origins of the United Negro College Fund
  10. Chapter 2 Bringing the Millionaires on Board
  11. Chapter 3 Flirting with Social Equality: New York’s Elite Women Raise Funds
  12. Chapter 4 A Stigma of Inferiority: The Effect of Brown v. Board
  13. Chapter 5 Responding to the Black Consciousness Movement
  14. Chapter 6 Speaking Out on Behalf of Black Colleges
  15. Chapter 7 “A Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Waste”
  16. Conclusion An Organization That No One Could Argue Against
  17. Appendixes
  18. A. Pittsburgh Courier Letter to Black College Presidents
  19. B. Member Colleges, 1944 to Present
  20. C. Executive Directors and Presidents, 1944 to Present
  21. D. National Campaign Chairmen, 1944 to 1979
  22. E. Archives and Oral History Collections
  23. F. Oral History Interviews
  24. Notes
  25. Index