Jelani Favors, "Shelter in A Time of Storm: How Black Colleges Fostered Generations of Leadership and Activism" (U of North Carolina Press, 2020)

New Books in African American Studies · Mar 23, 2021 · 1h 35m

Shelter in A Time of Storm: How Black Colleges Fostered Generations of Leadership and Activism (University of North Carolina Press, 2020) by Dr. Jelani Favors fills the “missing pages” of history by highighting the enduring role that Black colleges have played in African American freedom movements in the long-twentieth century. Favors shows that Black colleges created freedom fighters whose organizing, dedication, and fearlessness made the Black Freedom Struggle’s most pivotal moments possible. Favors also argues that Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) were fortified…