America's Historically Black Colleges & Universities

by Bobby L. Lovett

Book Overview

This narrative provides a comprehensive history of America's Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The book concludes that race, the Civil Rights movements, and black and white philanthropy had much affect on the development of these minority institutions. Northern white philanthropy had much to do with the start and maintenance of the nation's HBCUs from 1837 into the 1940s. Even from 1950 to 1970, HBCUs depended upon financial...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0881465348
• ISBN13: 9780881465341
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Mercer University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 8.9"