Full Description
Historically Black Colleges and Universities were established to provide the opportunity for higher education to people of African descent in the era of segregation. The visions, values, and heritages these schools embodied enabled them to chart new frontiers of learning, scholarship, and public engagement for and beyond the United States. Historically Black Colleges and Universities in a Globalizing World: The Past, the Present, and the Future, edited by Alem Hailu, Mohamed S. Camara, and Sabella O. Abidde examines the history and contribution of these institutions in the broader national and global sociopolitical context of the changes taking place in the nation and the world. Collectively, the contributors offer reflections and visions by both looking back and forward to find viable answers to the challenges and opportunities HBCUs face in the new century and beyond. They argue that as the world convulses by the new global dynamics of emerging pandemics, economic dislocations, and resource constraints, HBCUs are uniquely positioned to meet these challenges.
Contents
Abbreviations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part One: A Rich and Consequential Heritage
Chapter 1: Howard University and the African World: A Commentary
Alem Hailu
Chapter 2: The Creation of a University: John Manuel Gandy and Virginia State University, 1914-1943
Oscar R. Williams
Chapter 3: 'The Struggle Staggers Us': The Institute for the Study of the History, Life, and Culture of Black People at Jackson State College, 1968-1979
Rico Devara Chapman and D. Caleb Smith
Chapter 4: "Art and Activism as HBCU Tradition"
Elizabeth Carmel Hamilton
Part Two: Enduring and Evolving Roles of Hbcus
Chapter 5: "Keeping It Real" on the Decline of HBCU Student Enrollment: A Content Analysis on Rhetoric in Practice
Ivon Alcime; Ashla Hill Roseboro; and Carlos Morrison
Chapter 6: 21st Century HBCU Students: Living in An Era of Oppression
Carla Brown
Chapter 7: Historically Black Colleges and Universities: Laboratories for Social and Political Activism
Regina M. Moorer
Part Three:
