Building “Christian Fellowship”: Asian American Student Activism on the West Coast
In his latest book, The End of White Christian America, Robert Jones notes that white…
Browsing: Education
A Colorblind Campus? White Evangelical Colleges and Black Students in the Era of Civil Rights
Founders Week, 1970, Moody Bible Institute. It was the most important week of the year…
“A Strictly Business Basis”: Early 20th Century Perspectives on Student Loans
Recently, former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg’s $1.8 billion donation to Johns Hopkins University to…
Toward Black Higher Education in 1968
Demanding a “Black University,” students occupy the Howard University’s administration building in March 1968. Courtesy…
On Display The 1968 San Francisco State Student Strike
San Francisco State University (then San Francisco State College) was uniquely situated to address racial…
Innocence Betrayed Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and the Deep Roots of White Supremacy
“Romance and poetry, ivy, lichens, and wall-flowers need ruin to make them grow.” Nathaniel Hawthorne…
Reconstruction-Era Politics Shaped Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Last month, Governor John Bel Edwards proposed a potential $1 billion cut to Louisiana’s higher…
For-Profit Colleges in American History
Donald Trump can claim many firsts as president. He’s the first billionaire president to have…
African American Educational Traditions and the Challenge of Desegregation
In the 1940s, Charles Houston and his team of NAACP attorneys took film cameras to…
School Vandalism and American Democracy
After a bitter presidential election, pitting an establishment candidate with unsavory ties to Wall Street…