Dilemmas of Black Intellectuals

Dilemmas of Black Intellectuals

The status of the Afro-American intellectual community has changed drastically during the last twenty years. As a result of the civil rights movement and the urban uprisings of the 1960s, predominantly white universities began to open their doors to black scholars. The hiring of black scholars occurred together with a substantial increase in the numbers of black students admitted into predominantly white colleges and universities. While not overstating the number, we must recognize that this crack in the door brought a new range of occupational options for the black academic elite.

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