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Book SynopsisChronicles the black student protest movement at Rutgers University, from the 1960s to today. Richard P. McCormick examines the forces that produced the protest movement, the tactics that were employed, and the qualified gains that were achieved.
Trade ReviewThis account of the black student protest at Rutgers is informative, insightful, and important. It identifies some of the social, political, and emotional forces that shaped the form and substance of the struggle of my generation of African American students and the response of university administrators and faculties. The message is clear and correctùthe changes realized by that movement were necessary, dramatic, and, to a degree, revolutionary, but not sufficient. More change is needed to confront the ongoing challenges of inequality. -- Karen Predow-James Ph.D. * former chair of the Douglass Black Student Committee *
Table of ContentsChapter 1: introduction
Chapter 2: stirrings of change
Chapter 3: a new urgency
Chapter 4: the breaking point
Chapter 5: "a new and pioneering program"
Chapter 6: the educational opportunity fund
Chapter 7: postscript
