The Campus and the Racial Crisis, 44 Essays on Racial Inequality in College Campuses

Affirmative Action David C. Nichols Olive Mills

First Edition

[Affirmative Action] David C. Nichols and Olive Mills. The Campus and the Racial Crisis. Washington, D.C.: American Council on Education, 1970. First edition. 309 pages. Octavo. Bound in tan cloth hardcovers with red lettering on spine. Housed in a brown illustrated dustjacket with black and white lettering. In the foreword by Logan Wilson, he notes that the book was created in parallel to the "American Council on Education's 1969 Annual Meeting", which was held to "get a better understanding of problems relating to the racial crisis on the campus and to further the kinds of changes needed to effect improvements". Featured are 44 essays tackling issues including the "Black Challenge to Higher Education", "Allocating Limited Resources", "Faculty Response to Racial Tensions", and "Racial Minorities and Curriculum Change". In one essay by Paul Wisdom and Kenneth Shaw, they assert that Black students "want full access to educational institutions, but they want the institutions to provide an education relevant to them and their needs". Light fading on the spine's dustjacket. Pages are clean and bright, in very good condition.

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Price: $225.00