Title The campus color line : college presidents and the struggle for Black freedom / Eddie R. Cole.

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Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2020]

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Description	xi, 358 pages ; 25 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	"This is a good movement" : black presidents and the dismantling of segregation -- "We simply cannot operate in slums" : the university and housing discrimination -- "Segregation is immoral" : race, university systems, and bureaucratic resistance -- "The university has become a pawn" : the fight for autonomy at a public university -- "The more violent and adamant" : anticipating and preventing white resistance -- "The northern outpost of Southern culture" : free speech and civil rights -- "A truly influential role" : college presidents develop affirmative action programs.
Summary	"This book unfolds the untold history of one of the United States' most notable civil rights crises from the perspective of academic leaders"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject	African Americans -- Education (Higher) -- History -- 20th century.
	African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.
	College presidents -- United States -- History.
	College integration -- United States -- History.
	Racism in higher education -- United States.
	Discrimination in higher education -- United States.
	Higher education and state -- United States.
	Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
	African Americans -- Civil rights. (OCoLC)fst00799575
	African Americans -- Education (Higher) (OCoLC)fst00799607
	Civil rights movements. (OCoLC)fst00862708
	College integration. (OCoLC)fst00867856
	College presidents. (OCoLC)fst00867876
	Discrimination in higher education. (OCoLC)fst00895076
	Higher education and state. (OCoLC)fst00956548
	Race relations. (OCoLC)fst01086509
	Racism in higher education. (OCoLC)fst01744191
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term	1900-1999
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form:	Online version: Cole, Eddie Rice, II. Campus color line Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2020] 9780691206752 (DLC) 2019059740
ISBN	9780691206745 hardcover
	0691206740 hardcover
	9780691206752 electronic book

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