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From Black Power to Black Studies: How a Radical Social Movement Became an Academic Discipline
Fabio Rojas
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Paperback. Shedding light on the black power movement, Black Studies programs, and American higher education, this historical analysis reveals how radical politics are assimilated into the university system. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8, 6 black & white halftones, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFSL3; JHB; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
The black power movement helped redefine African Americans' identity and establish a new racial consciousness in the 1960s. As an influential political force, this movement in turn spawned the academic discipline known as Black Studies. Today there are more than a hundred Black Studies degree programs in the United States, many of them located in America's elite research institutions. In From Black Power to Black Studies, Fabio Rojas explores how this radical social movement evolved into a recognized academic discipline. Rojas traces the evolution of Black Studies over more than three decades, beginning with its origins in black nationalist politics. His account includes the 1968 Third World Strike at San Francisco State College, the Ford Foundation's attempts to shape the field, and a description of Black Studies programs at various American universities. His statistical analyses of protest data illuminate how violent and nonviolent protests influenced the establishment of Black Studies programs. Integrating personal interviews and newly discovered archival material, Rojas documents how social activism can bring about organizational change. Shedding light on the black power movement, Black Studies programs, and American higher education, this historical analysis reveals how radical politics are assimilated into the university system.
Product Details
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
428g
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801898259
SKU
V9780801898259
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About Fabio Rojas
Fabio Rojas is an assistant professor of sociology at Indiana University.
Reviews for From Black Power to Black Studies: How a Radical Social Movement Became an Academic Discipline
Rojas' book makes a significant contribution to the small but growing literature on social movements within organizations; those who study knowledge politics will also find it a useful read.
Mikaila Mariel Lemonik Arthur
Mobilization
From Black Power to Black Studies is a valuable sociological study of the way in which militant student protest led to the institutionalization of African American Studies in higher education. Moreover, it provides insightful analyses of the pitfalls, both institutionally and politically, that have conspired to hamper Black Studies' growth and legitimacy as an academic discipline... Rojas has provided a thoughtful and substantive contribution to the emerging new literature on the origins of Black Studies.
Peniel E. Joseph
Left History
Rojas has made a qualified yet significant scholarly contribution relevant to multiple disciplines in myriad ways.
Stephanie Y. Evans
Higher Education Review
A fascinating account of the development of black studies departments in American colleges and universities.
Anna-Maria Marshall
Administrative Science Quarterly
There is more than one way to analyze historical phenomena, and the sociologist Fabio Rojas has chosen to approach the issue in sociological terms... historians of the civil rights movement and of American higher education will profit considerably from reading this work.
Richard H. King
Journal of American History
Carefully conceived and designed, and contributory... adds to the social science literature on ways in which marginalized groups mobilise to alter established organizations and institutions.
Thomas O'Brien
History of Education
Rojas's organizational perspective, informed by a strong foundation in sociological theory, provides valuable insights. As a study of the major issues surrounding the birth and development of Black studies, the book works very well, covering most of the important controversies, often in careful historical detail.
Mario Luis Small
Journal of Black Studies
Roja's treatment of the subtleties and ambiguities of the coevolution process that black studies and American academia underwent together is well-balanced and complex.
Kritikon Litterarum
Mikaila Mariel Lemonik Arthur
Mobilization
From Black Power to Black Studies is a valuable sociological study of the way in which militant student protest led to the institutionalization of African American Studies in higher education. Moreover, it provides insightful analyses of the pitfalls, both institutionally and politically, that have conspired to hamper Black Studies' growth and legitimacy as an academic discipline... Rojas has provided a thoughtful and substantive contribution to the emerging new literature on the origins of Black Studies.
Peniel E. Joseph
Left History
Rojas has made a qualified yet significant scholarly contribution relevant to multiple disciplines in myriad ways.
Stephanie Y. Evans
Higher Education Review
A fascinating account of the development of black studies departments in American colleges and universities.
Anna-Maria Marshall
Administrative Science Quarterly
There is more than one way to analyze historical phenomena, and the sociologist Fabio Rojas has chosen to approach the issue in sociological terms... historians of the civil rights movement and of American higher education will profit considerably from reading this work.
Richard H. King
Journal of American History
Carefully conceived and designed, and contributory... adds to the social science literature on ways in which marginalized groups mobilise to alter established organizations and institutions.
Thomas O'Brien
History of Education
Rojas's organizational perspective, informed by a strong foundation in sociological theory, provides valuable insights. As a study of the major issues surrounding the birth and development of Black studies, the book works very well, covering most of the important controversies, often in careful historical detail.
Mario Luis Small
Journal of Black Studies
Roja's treatment of the subtleties and ambiguities of the coevolution process that black studies and American academia underwent together is well-balanced and complex.
Kritikon Litterarum