White Money/Black Power: The Surprising History of African American Studies and the Crisis of Race and Higher Education
By Noliwe M. Rooks.
Description
The history of African American Studies is often told as a heroic tale, with compelling images of black power and passionate African American students who refuse to take no” for an answer. Noliwe M. Rooks argues for the recognition of another story that proves that many of the programs that survived were actually begun due to heavy funding from the Ford Foundation or, put another way, as a result of white philanthropy.Today, many students in African American Studies courses are white, and an increasing number of black students come from Africa or the Caribbean, not the United States....
ISBN(s)
0807032700, 9780807032701
