{"product_id":"envisioning-black-colleges-a-history-of-the-united-negro-college-fund-9781421425146","title":"Envisioning Black Colleges: A History of the United Negro College Fund","description":"\u003cp\u003eEtched into America's consciousness is the United Negro College Fund's phrase \"A mind is a terrible thing to waste.\" This book tells the story of the organization's efforts on behalf of black colleges against the backdrop of the cold war and the civil rights movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFounded 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first history of the UNCF, \u003cem\u003eEnvisioning Black Colleges\u003c\/em\u003e draws attention to the significance of black colleges in higher education and the role they played in Americans' struggle for equality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marybeth Gasman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781421425146\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarybeth Gasman\u003c\/b\u003e is the Judy \u0026amp; Howard Berkowitz Professor of Education in the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania. She is the coauthor of \u003ci\u003eEducating a Diverse Nation: Lessons from Minority Serving Institutions\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Morehouse Mystique: Becoming a Doctor at the Nation's Newest African American Medical School\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44891408236659,"sku":"9781421425146","price":44.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_e0e395c3-688e-41e1-9a6e-16dca6ef213e.jpg?v=1776967130","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/envisioning-black-colleges-a-history-of-the-united-negro-college-fund-9781421425146","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}