Roderick A. Ferguson is Professor of American Studies, Gender and Sexuality Studies, and African American Studies at the University of Illinois-Chicago. He was Associate Editor of American Quarterly from 2007 to 2010.

• OverviewIntroduction1. The Usable Past of Kent State and Jackson State2. The Powell Memorandum and the Comeback of the Economic Machinery3. Student Movements and Post–World War II Minority Communities4. Neoliberalism and the Demeaning of Student MovementsConclusionAcknowledgmentsNotesGlossaryKey FiguresSelected Bibliography

“We Demand is not an easy book to read, but it conveys how shallow most concerns about free speech on campus tend to be."

Roderick A. Ferguson is Professor of American Studies, Gender and Sexuality Studies, and African American Studies at the University of Illinois-Chicago. He was Associate Editor of American Quarterly from 2007 to 2010.

• OverviewIntroduction1. The Usable Past of Kent State and Jackson State2. The Powell Memorandum and the Comeback of the Economic Machinery3. Student Movements and Post–World War II Minority Communities4. Neoliberalism and the Demeaning of Student MovementsConclusionAcknowledgmentsNotesGlossaryKey FiguresSelected Bibliography

“We Demand is not an easy book to read, but it conveys how shallow most concerns about free speech on campus tend to be."

Roderick A. Ferguson is Professor of American Studies, Gender and Sexuality Studies, and African American Studies at the University of Illinois-Chicago. He was Associate Editor of American Quarterly from 2007 to 2010.

• OverviewIntroduction1. The Usable Past of Kent State and Jackson State2. The Powell Memorandum and the Comeback of the Economic Machinery3. Student Movements and Post–World War II Minority Communities4. Neoliberalism and the Demeaning of Student MovementsConclusionAcknowledgmentsNotesGlossaryKey FiguresSelected Bibliography

“We Demand is not an easy book to read, but it conveys how shallow most concerns about free speech on campus tend to be."