New Book Explores History of Black Studies: In her new book The Black Revolution on Campus (University of California Press) Dr. Martha Biondi, an associate professor of African-American studies and history at Northwestern University, chronicles the turbulent 1960s student movement that resulted in the formation of Black Studies programs on college campuses across the nation.
“We don’t understand or appreciate the student founders of the field,” says Biondi, who recently presented the inaugural lecture for the “Reflections on African American Studies” series at Princeton University’s Center for African American Studies. The title of her talk was “The Counter Revolution on Campus: Why Black Studies is so Controversial.”
