9781469648330-1469648334-Shelter in a Time of Storm: How Black Colleges Fostered Generations of Leadership and Activism

Shelter in a Time of Storm: How Black Colleges Fostered Generations of Leadership and Activism

ISBN-13: 9781469648330
ISBN-10: 1469648334
Edition: 1
Author: Jelani M. Favors
Publication date: 2019
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Format: Hardcover 368 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781469648330
ISBN-10: 1469648334
Edition: 1
Author: Jelani M. Favors
Publication date: 2019
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Format: Hardcover 368 pages

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Shelter in a Time of Storm: How Black Colleges Fostered Generations of Leadership and Activism (ISBN-13: 9781469648330 and ISBN-10: 1469648334), written by authors Jelani M. Favors, was published by The University of North Carolina Press in 2019. With an overall rating of 3.7 stars, it's a notable title among other State & Local (United States History, Higher & Continuing Education, Americas History) books. You can easily purchase or rent Shelter in a Time of Storm: How Black Colleges Fostered Generations of Leadership and Activism (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used State & Local books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $1.27.

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For generations, historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have been essential institutions for the African American community. Their nurturing environments not only provided educational advancement but also catalyzed the Black freedom struggle, forever altering the political destiny of the United States. In this book, Jelani M. Favors offers a history of HBCUs from the 1837 founding of Cheyney State University to the present, told through the lens of how they fostered student activism.

Favors chronicles the development and significance of HBCUs through stories from institutions such as Cheyney State University, Tougaloo College, Bennett College, Alabama State University, Jackson State University, Southern University, and North Carolina A&T. He demonstrates how HBCUs became a refuge during the oppression of the Jim Crow era and illustrates the central role their campus communities played during the civil rights and Black Power movements. Throughout this definitive history of how HBCUs became a vital seedbed for politicians, community leaders, reformers, and activists, Favors emphasizes what he calls an unwritten "second curriculum" at HBCUs, one that offered students a grounding in idealism, racial consciousness, and cultural nationalism.

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