Soulful Bobcats: Experiences of African American Students at Ohio University, 1950-1960

by Betty Hollow and Carl H. Walker

During the 1950s, when less than 20 percent of American high school graduates attended college, a group of ambitious young African Americans enrolled at Ohio University, a predominantly white school in Athens, Ohio. Because they were a tiny, barely tolerated minority, they banded together, supported each other, and formed lasting bonds. Years later, at a series of "Soulful Reunions," they recalled the joys and challenges of living on a white campus...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0966764463
• ISBN13: 9780966764468
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Length: 150 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.4"