History of Black Studies

Abdul Alkalimat is a founder of the field of Black Studies and Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. A lifelong scholar-activist with a PhD from the University of Chicago, he has lectured, taught and directed academic programs across the US, the Caribbean, Africa, Europe and China. His activism extends from having been chair of the Chicago chapter of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in the 1960s, to a co-founder of the Black Radical Congress in 1998.

'Abdul Alkalimat is one of the most rigorous and committed Black radical thinkers of our time'

• List of Figures List of Tables Introduction PART I: BLACK STUDIES AS INTELLECTUAL HISTORY1. The Academic Disciplines 2. The Historically Black Colleges and Universities 3. The Political Culture of the Black Community PART II: BLACK STUDIES AS SOCIAL MOVEMENT4. The Freedom Movement 5. The Black Power Movement 6. The Black Arts Movement 7. The New Communist Movement 8. The Black Women’s Movement 9. The Black Student Movement PART III: BLACK STUDIES AS ACADEMIC PROFESSION10. Disrupting 11. Building Consensus 12. Building Institutions 13. Establishing the Profession 14. Theorizing 15. Norming Research Conclusion Appendix Bibliography Index