| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 637 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
Connecting the dots -- Formative years, 1969-1976 -- Gilded-age and reconfiguration, 1976-1986 -- Politics of change, 1987-1994 -- Dust of changes rising?, 1994-1998 -- Climbing down the same tree, 1998-1999 -- Not enough time, 1999-2003 -- Pray what needs praying and say what needs saying, 2003-2009 -- Pillars of the academy/community -- Education, community activism, and social relevance 2007 and beyond |
| Summary |
This social history narrates conditions that led to the founding of Kennedy-King College on the Southside of Chicago, Illinois, during the late 1960s. It connects the dots between birth of the college and the push for social justice led by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). SCLC joined with other groups in 1966 and launched the "Chicago campaign" to tear down racial barriers. The main narrative tells how concerns with social justice and ethnic group efficacy gave birth to Kennedy-King College in the first place. As for political and cultural time of day, this was after the gl |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Kennedy-King College (Chicago, Ill.) -- History
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| SUBJECT |
Kennedy-King College (Chicago, Ill.) fast |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Education (Higher) -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History
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Community and college -- Illinois -- Chicago
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EDUCATION -- Higher.
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African Americans -- Education (Higher)
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Community and college
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Illinois -- Chicago
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Williams, Jeanette M
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| ISBN |
9780773417885 |
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0773417885 |
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