Acknowledgments | p. vii |
Abbreviations | p. ix |
Introduction | p. 1 |
Critique of the Literature | p. 1 |
Deep in the Heart of Dixie: The Mississippi Context | p. 7 |
Mission of the Book | p. 9 |
Organization of the Book | p. 12 |
Training the Talented Tenth: A Brief History of Mississippi's Black Colleges | p. 14 |
Blacks and Whites, Liberals and Conservatives: Private Black Colleges | p. 15 |
Black Constitutents, White Control: Public Black Colleges | p. 23 |
Similarities and Differences Between the Colleges | p. 29 |
Conclusion | p. 33 |
From Bourgeois to Activist: Students and the Radicalization of the College Campus | p. 34 |
The Mississippi Movement | p. 35 |
Democracy by Example: Student Government Associations | p. 38 |
Appropriating Off-Campus Organizations for the Campus-Based Movement: The NAACP | p. 48 |
The Creation of Radical Campus-Based Organizations | p. 52 |
Conclusion | p. 59 |
Testing the Boundaries of Acceptable Dissent: Faculty Activism and Academic Freedom | p. 62 |
Understanding Faculty Activism | p. 63 |
Tougaloo College as an Oasis of Freedom | p. 64 |
Battling Reds and Blacks: Academic Freedom in a Southern Context | p. 69 |
Institutional Autonomy versus State Security: Academic Freedom at Black and White Private Institutions | p. 72 |
White Supremacy as State Policy: The Particular Vulnerabilities of Public Institutions | p. 76 |
Conclusion | p. 84 |
"Cancer Colleges": The Battle on Private College Campuses | p. 86 |
Similarities and Differences Between the Colleges | p. 87 |
The Dilemma of Black Philanthropy and Racial Radicalism | p. 90 |
Activism versus Academics | p. 97 |
Moderating White Supremacy | p. 105 |
Moderating Black Radicalism | p. 109 |
Conclusion | p. 112 |
Foes or Allies: The Battle on Public College Campuses | p. 114 |
The Precarious Position of Public Colleges and Their Students | p. 115 |
The College Presidents: Powerful but Prone | p. 117 |
Differences in Activism Between the Colleges | p. 119 |
Repression as Progress | p. 120 |
Autocracy versus Democracy | p. 123 |
Negotiating the Middle Ground | p. 126 |
Conclusion | p. 129 |
Making Black Campuses Black: Activism and Response in the Black Power Era | p. 131 |
The Rise of Black Power: The Movement Turns a Corner | p. 132 |
Black Power Mississippi Style | p. 134 |
Synchronized Agitation: Cross-Fertilization Between Movement Centers and Campuses | p. 136 |
From the Streets to the Courts: Expanding Student Rights | p. 143 |
A Community Divided: What Is a Black College? | p. 147 |
Old Wine in New Bottles: The Racist Countermovement During the Black Power Era | p. 153 |
Conclusion | p. 156 |
Conclusion | p. 158 |
Struggle and Success | p. 158 |
Lessons Learned from the Black College Experience | p. 160 |
Conclusion | p. 166 |
List of Interviewees | p. 167 |
Notes | p. 169 |
Index | p. 197 |
About the Author | p. 214 |
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