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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453913403321

Autore

Gasman Marybeth

Titolo

Envisioning black colleges [[electronic resource] ] : a history of the United Negro College Fund / / Marybeth Gasman ; foreword by John R. Thelin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007

ISBN

0-8018-9185-X

1-4356-9196-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Disciplina

378.73089/96073

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-259) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Black colleges and the origins of the United Negro College Fund -- Bringing the millionaires on board -- Flirting with social equality: New York's elite women raise funds -- A stigma of inferiority: the effect of Brown v. Board -- Responding to the black consciousness movement -- Speaking out on behalf of black colleges -- "A mind is a terrible thing to waste" -- An organization that no one could argue against.