Envisioning Black Colleges
A History of the United Negro College Fund
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
Published:13th Jul '07
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The multifaceted story of the UNCF.
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.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 multifaceted 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.
A vivid and comprehensive account of the history of the United Negro College Fund (UNCF). -- Dwayne Ashley Teachers College Record 2007 Reveals the multifaceted story of the organization's effort on behalf of black colleges. -- Bobbi Booker Philadelphia Tribune 2007 So many issues are imbedded in the intersection of race and philanthropy, yet so few researchers have tried to probe them. Gasman is to be admired for being bold enough to examine the 'double consciousness' that existed for both Blacks and Whites in leading and supporting the UNCF. -- Pier C. Rogers Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 2007 A thoughtful, incisive history of the UNCF. -- Alvin J. Schexnider Diverse Issues in Higher Education 2008 A solid basis for continued consideration of the intersections of race, philanthropy, and higher education. -- Jean Preer Journal of American History 2008 Gasman convinces the reader that agency is complex and compelling, and as a result she reminds the reader that the historical and contemporary ironies of opportunity in this democracy deserve exploration and discussion. -- Philo A. Hutcheson Review of Higher Education 2008 Envisioning Black Colleges is a worthy addition to the larger field of philanthropic history, and it brings new depth to the study of the history of African American higher education in the US. -- Jana Nidiffer NEA Higher Education Journal 2008 Marybeth Gasman has provided an excellent study of the United Negro College Fund (UNCF). -- Antonio F. Holland Register of the Kentucky Historical Society 2008 Professor Gasman fills an important and neglected gap in the history of black higher education and its ongoing relationship with philanthropy in the mid- to late twentieth century. -- Thomas O'Brien History of Education 2009 Gasman's book is a very informative history of the founding and the evolution of the UNCF during the period examined. Her use of visual images from UNCF campaign advertisements is powerful, underscoring their strong symbolism reflective of the times and each story deftly told. -- Caroline S. V. Turner Oral History Review 2010 Gasman is to be admired for being bold enough to examine the 'double consciousness' that existed for both Blacks and Whites in leading and supporting UNCF. -- Pier C. Rogers Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 2007
- Winner of Timothy Miller Outstanding Publication Award 2008 (United States)
ISBN: 9780801886041
Dimensions: 216mm x 140mm x 24mm
Weight: 476g
288 pages