The Power of Black Excellence: HBCUs and the Fight for American Democracy

Offers a highly original history of the impact that HBCUs have had on American political development and democracy Highlights the extremely large number of leading Black political figures who have attended HBCUs, from Thurgood Marshall to Kamala Harris Considers the recent US Supreme Court decision outlawing the use of race-based Affirmative Action in college admissions and the impact that this will have on HBCUs Draws on insights from Policy Feedback and Critical Race Theory to consider how policymakers historically approached the task of providing educational opportunity for Black Americans and the impact that this has had on democracy