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The Kennedy-King College Experiment in Chicago, 1969-2007: How African Americans Reshaped the Curriculum and Purpose of Higher Education
Author(s): Robert L. Cruthird (Author), Jeanette M. Williams (Author)
- Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press Ltd
- Publication Date: 1 Jun. 2012
- Language: English
- Print length: 656 pages
- ISBN-10: 0773425810
- ISBN-13: 9780773425811
Book Description
This book narrates conditions that led to the founding of Kennedy-King College on the southside of Chicago during the late 1960s, connecting the dots between birth of the college and the push for social justice led by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). The SCLC joined with other groups and launched the ‘Chicago campaign’ to tear down racial barriers, giving rise to the Kennedy-King College, with first person accounts to detail the changeover from Wilson Junior College to Kennedy-King.
