White Money/Black Power: The Surprising History of African American Studies and the Crisis of Race in Higher Education

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The history of African American Studies is often told as a heroic tale, with compelling images of black power and passionate African American students who refuse to take "no" for an answer. Noliwe M. Rooks argues for the recognition of another story that proves that many of the programs that survived were actually begun due to heavy funding from the Ford Foundation or, put another way, as a result of white philanthropy.

Author: Noliwe M. Rooks · Original publisher: Beacon Press (2006)

Tier 3 — Partial text + link. No text is hosted on Gary NOI. Read free: https://archive.org/details/whitemoneyblackp0000rook (Internet Archive lending copy — borrowable; IA item ID as recorded in Tranche C1: whitemoneyblackp0000rook; no hosting rights).