The social and political role of Black college presidents in the 1930s and 1940s via annual radio addresses is a relevant example of how the medium of the day was used as an apparatus for individual and institutional agency. The nationalist agenda of the United States federal government indirectly led to the opportunity for Black college…

Three predominantly black colleges that became successful, effective, and highly regarded are Talladega College, Tuskegee Institute, and Morehouse College. The unique character of these three institutions is examined using Burton Clark's paradigm of the distinctive college in investigating their institutional histories. Unlike much previous…

All Americans are in debt to the predominantly black institutions, for in redeeming their own people, they are helping in the redemption of our entire society. The present administration in Washington is determined to help black colleges build on their records of accomplishments, and to learn from them. Links between black institutions, which have…

Progressive educational reform in the South during the Great Depression is examined. Ways in which educational change seemingly functioned to serve modernization while concurrently maintaining racist patterns are illustrated. It is suggested that fundamental change in the conditions of oppression may not be possible without addressing the…

Noting that Liberia College, although not operating until 1862, happens to have been the first American collegiate institution proposed specifically for the higher education of blacks, this article discusses what the first degree granting college in West Africa was, and how it could have been generated or sustained by a Liberian population of…

This book is a history of private black colleges and universities that tells the story of institutions that offered African Americans an education in the context of black culture. The chapters are: (1) "Panorama"; (2) "Major Historical Factors Influencing Black Higher Education"; (3) "The Beginning of Black Higher Education"; (4) "Public Schools,…

Chronicles the history of racial separation in North Carolina's system of higher education. Shows that desegregation progress has been minimal and stresses the importance of strengthening the educational program at predominantly Black North Carolina A & T in order to better serve all students. (GC)

Argues that the progressive education movement completely bypassed black colleges for several reasons, the most important being blacks' efforts to gain control over their own higher education institutions from white organizations. (Author/JM)

This chronology details major steps in the history of African Americans in higher education. The time line begins with the 1763 birth of the first African American to study at Princeton and marks the establishment of historically black colleges and universities as highlights. Notable African American educators are listed. (SLD)

Provides historical and contemporary views of black colleges, discussing the development of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), the historic roles of HBCUs, differences between HBCUs and predominantly black colleges and universities (PBCUs), segregation and desegregation, the continuing value of HBCUs in the desegregated United…

The development of a little-known library education program hosted on four historically Black colleges and university campuses and credited with training more than 200 African American teacher-librarians is explored. The program's importance to the evolvement of secondary education of the largely undereducated and disenfranchised people of the…

The history of the Bowie State University School of Education is traced from very humble beginnings in 1865 with its formation to provide teachers for Freedmen following the Civil War to a School of Education in a comprehensive university. Maryland Archives, student publications, college catalogues, legislative and other records were searched to…

The 2016 edition of the "Digest of Education Statistics" is the 52nd in a series of publications initiated in 1962. The "Digest" has been issued annually except for combined editions for the years 1977-78, 1983-84, and 1985-86. Its primary purpose is to provide a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field…

Higher education for blacks in the United States is reviewed with attention to historical developments, college desegregation, and the role of philanthropic organizations. Two early, private universities in the North that were designed to provide higher learning for blacks were Lincoln University in Pennsylvania (1854) and Wilberforce University…