Black Colleges Across the Diaspora

M. Christopher Brown II is President of the Kentucky State University and Founder, Atwood Institute for Race, Education, and the Democratic Ideal, USA T. Elon Dancy II is Assistant Professor and Associate Dean for Community Engagement and Academic Inclusion at the University of Oklahoma, USA

This work examines the institutional and contextual factors related to race, culture, and identity that affect historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), in the past and especially in the present. Part 1 delves into US perspectives on race and identity in black colleges, with discussion of black male students at HBCUs, black women administrators and faculty at HBCUs, and non-black student recruitment. Part 2 encompasses global perspectives on race and culture in black colleges, looking at HBCU labor market outcomes, collegiate desegregation in South Africa and the US, and the absence of indigenous African higher education. One chapter is devoted to an HBCU in the Caribbean: the University of the Virgin Islands. The book concludes with reflections on African Americans choose HBCUs in the 21st century.

• 1. Toward a Global Understanding of Black Colleges: Defining Diaspora, Describing Stratification, and Disrupting Hegemony; M. Christopher Brown II and T. Elon Dancy II Part One: U.S. Perspectives on Race and Identity in Black Colleges 2. Re-Coloring Campus: Complicating the Discourse about Race and Ethnicity on at Historically Black Colleges and Universities; Steve D. Mobley, Nina Daoud and Kimberly A. Griffin 3. The "Browning" of Historical Black Colleges and Universities: Examining Non-Black Student Recruitment; J. T. Snipes and Carl Darnell 4. Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Black Greek-Lettered Organizations in the "Post-Racial" Era of Accountability; Donald Mitchell, Jr 5. Black Males at Historically Black Colleges and Universities: Implication for Practice and Future Research; Robert T. Palmer and Jameel Scott 6. Black Women at the Helm in HBCUs: Paradox of Gender and Leadership; Gaetane Jean-Marie and Virginia C. Tickles 7. Spaces of Power and Authenticity: Judeo-Christian Privilege among Black Women Faculty at HBCUS; Kirsten T. Edwards Part Two: Global Perspectives on Race and Culture in Black Colleges 8. Choosing HBCUs: Why African Americans Choose HBCUs in the 21st Century; Jennifer M. Johnson 9. HBCU Labor Market Outcomes: An Examination of Baccalaureate Degree Holders’ Earnings and Benefits; J. Luke Wood and Robert T. Palmer 10. Leading in the Black: African American HBCU Student Leadership Engagement Unpacked; Bryan K. Hotchkins 11. An HBCU in the Anglophone Caribbean: Sociohistorical Perspectives on the University of the Virgin Islands; T. Elon Dancy II, Bryan K. Hotchkins, Crystal A. deGregory and Stevie Johnson 12. A Tale of New Nations: Policy Perspectives on Collegiate Desegregation in South Africa and United States; M. Christopher Brown II; T. Elon Dancy II and Jason E. Lane 13. The Absence of Indigenous African Higher Education: Contextualizing Whiteness, Post-Apartheid Racism, and Intentionality; Christopher B. Knaus and M. Christopher Brown II