Harlem vs. Columbia University : Black Student Power in the Late 1960s
ISBN: 9780252078866 | 0252078861
Format: PaperbackPublisher: Univ of Illinois Pr
Pub. Date: 7/12/2012
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A vigorous study of the black activism and civil disobedience that rocked the Ivy League in the 1960s
In 1968-69, Columbia University became the site for a collision of American social movements. Black Power, student power, antiwar, New Left, and Civil Rights movements all clashed with local and state politics when an alliance of black students and residents of Harlem and Morningside Heights openly protested the school's ill-conceived plan to build a large, private gymnasium in the small green park that separates t... MORE
In 1968-69, Columbia University became the site for a collision of American social movements. Black Power, student power, antiwar, New Left, and Civil Rights movements all clashed with local and state politics when an alliance of black students and residents of Harlem and Morningside Heights openly protested the school's ill-conceived plan to build a large, private gymnasium in the small green park that separates t... MORE
| Prologue | p. vii |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Why I Hate You: Community Resentment of Columbia | p. 20 |
| Gym Crow: Recreational Segregation in Morningside Park | p. 39 |
| Up against the Wall: Columbia's Integrated Protest Effort | p. 63 |
| On Our Own: SAS's Self-imposed Separation | p. 74 |
| Supporting the Cause: SDS, Protest, and the "Bust" | p. 93 |
| Black Student Power: The Struggle for Bla... MORE | p. 110 |
| Striking Similarities: Columbia, the Ivy League, and Black People | p. 133 |
| Is It Over Yet? The Results of Student and Community Protest | p. 155 |
| Conclusion | p. 187 |
| Epilogue: Where Are They Now? | p. 193 |
| Notes | p. 199 |
| Bibliography | p. 227 |
| Index | p. 239 |
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Stefan M. Bradley is an associate professor of history and African American studies at Saint Louis University.
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