Title: Higher education for African Americans before the Civil Rights era, 1900-1964
Description: "This volume examines the evolution of higher education opportunities for African Americans in the early and mid-twentieth century. It contributes to understanding how African Americans overcame great odds to obtain advanced education in their own institutions, how they asserted themselves to gain control over those institutions, and how they persisted despite discrimination and intimidation in both northern and southern universities"--Back cover.
Subjects: Education (Higher), African American universities and colleges, Discrimination in higher education, African American college students, African Americans, History, African americans, education, African american students, Discrimination in education
Places: United States
Time periods: 20th century