From Black Power to Black Studies How a Radical Social Movement Became an Academic Discipline

The black power movement helped redefine African Americans' identity and establish a new racial consciousness in the 1960s. As an influential political force, this movement in turn spawned the academic discipline known as Black Studies. Today there are more than a hundred Black Studies degree programs in the United States, many of them located in America's elite research institutions. Fabio Rojas explores how this radical social movement evolved into a recognized academic discipline."From Black Power to Black Studies is a valuable sociological study of the way in which militant student protest led to the institutionalization of African American Studies in higher education. Moreover, it provides insightful analyses of the pitfalls, both institutionally and politically, that have conspired to hamper Black Studies' growth and legitimacy as an academic discipline... A thoughtful and substantive contribution to the emerging new literature on the origins of Black Studies." -- Left History"There is more than one way to analyze historical phenomena, and the sociologist Fabio Rojas has chosen to approach the issue in sociological terms... historians of the civil rights movement and of American higher education will profit considerably from reading this work." -- Journal of American History"A fascinating account of the development of black studies departments in American colleges and universities." -- Administrative Science Quarterly"Carefully conceived and designed, and contributory... adds to the social science literature on ways in which marginalized groups mobilise to alter established organizations and institutions." -- History of EducationFabio Rojas is an assistant professor of sociology at Indiana University.Rojas, Fabio is the author of 'From Black Power to Black Studies How a Radical Social Movement Became an Academic Discipline', published 2007 under ISBN 9780801886195 and ISBN 0801886198.