When ivory towers were black, a story about race in America's cities and universities, Sharon Egretta Sutton
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- African Americans + Civil rights
- SOCIAL SCIENCE + Ethnic Studies + African American Studies
- Biography
- Architecture + Study and teaching (Higher)
- Civil rights movements
- African American college students -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century
- EDUCATION + Higher
- Architecture + Study and teaching (Higher) -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century
- 1900-1999
- History
- Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- New York (State) + New York
- City planning + Study and teaching (Higher) -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century
- City planning + Study and teaching (Higher)
- Urban policy -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- African American college students -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography
- Columbia University, School of Architecture
- United States
- Urban policy
- ARCHITECTURE + History + Contemporary (1945- )
- African American college students
- Columbia University, School of Architecture -- History -- 20th century
- African Americans + Civil rights + History -- 20th century
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When ivory towers were black, a story about race in America's cities and universities, Sharon Egretta Sutton
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
resource.biographical
contains biographical information
Illustrations
illustrationsmaps
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
When ivory towers were black
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
959033673
Responsibility statement
Sharon Egretta Sutton
Sub title
a story about race in America's cities and universities
Summary
"Tells the story of how a cohort of ethnic minority students earned degrees from Columbia University's School of Architecture. Follows two university units that steered the school toward an emancipatory approach to education. Assesses the triumphs and subsequent unraveling of an experiment to achieve racial justice in the school and in the nearby Harlem community. Informs contemporary struggles for racial and economic equality"--, Provided by publisher
Table of contents
Foreword -- Prologue -- Introduction -- 1. Pre-1965 Context -- 2. 1965-1967 Context -- 3. 1968 Insurgency -- 4. 1968-1971 Experimentation -- 5. 1969-1971 Transgression -- 6. 1969-1971 Unraveling -- 7. 1972-1976 Extinction -- 8. Alumni Years -- Epilogue -- Appendixes -- A. Biographies of the Oral History Cohort -- B. List of All Ethnic Minority Recruits -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
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