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Black Studies and the Democratization of American Higher Education

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Authors:
  1. Charles P. Henry

    1. Department of African American Studies, University of California, Berkeley, USA

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  • Uses case studies to illustrate the influence of geography and local resources on the development of black studies

  • Introduces the idea of the democratization of higher education uniting all chapters and culminates in a critical

  • multiculturalism of higher education

  • Argues for the inclusion of black studies beyond curriculum and challenges the segregation of higher education with respects to disciplines

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Nonnegotiable Demands: A Microstory

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    Pages 1-22

  3. Black Intellectuals and Black Studies: A Macrostory

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    Pages 23-57

  4. Institutionalizing Black Studies at the University of California

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    Pages 59-94

  5. The National Council for Black Studies

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    Pages 95-119

  6. The Black Scholar: Drum of the Black Studies Movement

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    Pages 121-147

  7. Democratizing the Disciplines

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    Pages 149-185

  8. Democratizing the National Identity

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    Pages 187-227

  9. Postmodernism, Multiculturalism, and the Future of Black Studies

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    Pages 229-249

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 251-272
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About this book

This book aims to expand what scholars know and who is included in this discussion about black studies, which aids in the democratization of American higher education and the deconstruction of traditional disciplines of high education, to facilitate a sense of social justice. By challenging traditional disciplines, black studies reveals not only the political role of American universities but also the political aspects of the disciplines that constitute their core. While black studies is post-modern in its deconstruction of positivism and universalism, it does not support a radical rejection of all attempts to determine truth.  Evolving from a form of black cultural nationalism, it challenges the perceived white cultural nationalist norm and has become a critical multiculturalism that is more global and less gendered. Henry argues for the inclusion of black studies beyond the curriculum of colleges and universities. 

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of African American Studies, University of California, Berkeley, USA

    Charles P. Henry

About the author

Charles P. Henry is Professor Emeritus in the Department of African American Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, USA.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Black Studies and the Democratization of American Higher Education

  • Authors: Charles P. Henry

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-35089-9

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-81721-7Published: 04 July 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-35089-9Published: 11 December 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 272

  • Topics: Higher Education, Ethnicity Studies

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