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When Ivory Towers Were Black: A Story about Race in America's Cities and Universities

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When Ivory Towers Were Black: A Story about Race in America's Cities and Universities - Sutton, Sharon Egretta, and Polshek, James Stewart (Foreword by)
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Tells the story of how a cohort of ethnic minority students earned degrees from Columbia University's School of Architecture. Follows two university units that steered the school toward an emancipatory approach to education. Assesses the triumphs and subsequent unraveling of an experiment to achieve racial justice in the school and in the nearby Harlem community. Informs contemporary struggles for racial and economic equality.

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When Ivory Towers Were Black: A Story about Race in America's Cities and Universities 2017, Fordham University Press, New York

ISBN-13: 9780823276127

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When Ivory Towers Were Black: A Story about Race in America's Cities and Universities 2017, Fordham University Press, New York

ISBN-13: 9780823276110

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