Black Space: Negotiating Race, Diversity, and Belonging in the Ivory Tower

by Sherry L. Deckman

Book Overview

Protests against racial injustice and anti-Blackness have swept across elite colleges and universities in recent years, exposing systemic racism and raising questions about what it means for Black students to belong at these institutions. In Black Space, Sherry L. Deckman takes us into the lives of the members of the Kuumba Singers, a Black student organization at Harvard with racially diverse members, and a self-proclaimed safe space for anyone...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1978822529
• ISBN13: 9781978822528
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher