Why Historically Black Colleges and Universities Matter

Marybeth Gasman is the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Endowed Chair in Education and a Distinguished University Professor at Rutgers University. She is the coauthor of For the Love of Teaching: How Minority Serving Institutions Are Diversifying and Transforming the Profession.

• ContentsSeries Foreword  ixReferences  xiiiAcknowledgments  xviiIntroduction: The Experiences That Shaped Me as a Historian   Why Conduct Research Related to Historically Black Colleges and Universities?  5The Evolution of My Research   Evolution of My Historical Work  7Overview of Chapters  9Final Thoughts on This Volume   Part I: Academic Freedom, Philanthropy, and Art.  Scylla and Charybdis: Navigating the Waters of Academic Freedom at Fisk University During Charles S. Johnson's Administration ( 94 – 95 )   7Academic Freedom at Fisk: A Checkered Past   8The Rise of Black Leadership at Fisk  23The Case of Lee Lorch  2 A Decision to Secure Fisk's Future  3 2.  Modern Art in the Old South: The Role of the Arts in Fisk University's Campus Curriculum  37Laying the Foundation for an Arts-Focused Curriculum  38Charles S. Johnson: Fisk University President  4 The Role of Art at Fisk University  42The International Student Center  44Biweekly Convocations  45The Stieglitz Collection  4 Toward an Arts-Focused Curriculum  47Conclusion  5 3.  W.E.B. Du Bois and Charles S. Johnson: Differing Views on the Role of Philanthropy in Higher Education  53Understanding Du Bois—Radical Intellectual  55Understanding Johnson: Liberal Educator and Race Relations Pioneer   Uncovering their Goals   4Philanthropy: Obstacle or Avenue?   Conclusion   9PART II: FUNDRAISING AND RACE4.  Rhetoric vs. Reality: The Fundraising Messages of the United Negro College Fund in the Immediate Aftermath of the Brown Decision  75Background and Composition of the UNCF  77Preparing for the Brown Decision  79The Aftermath of the Supreme Court's Decision  83Responsibility to the Black Community  85Seeing a Wider Constituency  8 The Impact of the Brown Decision on Donor Perceptions  89Recruiting Whites Becomes Difficult  9 Implausible Suggestions, Real Possibilities  925.  Salvaging "Academic Disaster Areas": The Black College Response to Christopher Jencks and David Riesman's 9 7 Harvard Educational Review Article  97The Jencks and Riesman Article  98Responding in the Media   4The Black College Response   Support from the Wider Academic Community   2Jencks and Riesman's Response to the Black College Leaders   5Spinning Black Colleges in the Media   2 A More Organized and Informed Response: Charles V. Willie's Harvard Conference   22Conclusion   25PART III: HISTORY INFORMED BY THEORY.  Swept Under the Rug? A Historiography of Gender and Black Colleges   3 Coming Clean on My Own Omissions   34The Historical Literature on Black Colleges   34Philanthropic Outside Control   35Internal Campus Relations   4 Black Women's Higher Education   5 Research Recommendations and Significance for Current Policy and Practice   5 7.  Perceptions of Black College Presidents: Sorting Through Stereotypes and Reality to Gain a Complex Picture   59Review of Relevant Literature   Conclusion   8 8.  Mixed Motivations, Mixed Results: A History of Law, Legislation, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and Interest Convergence   89Early History of Black Colleges   9 Separate but Equal?   98The "Great" Philanthropists   99Murray v. Pearson  2 Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada  2 2The Pre-Brown Higher Education Cases  2 4Separate Is Not Equal?  2 Post-Brown Activity  2 7Historically Black College and University Acts  2 2The Impact of Fordice  2 3Renewed Interest From the White House  2 5Lawsuits in the Current Day  2 Concluding Thought  2 8Epilogue: A Note on Method  2 9Endnotes  223Index  28 About the Author  3