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| Autor/in | Boyce, Travis D. |
|---|---|
| Titel | Steady and measured. Benner C. Turner, a Black college president in the Jim Crow South. |
| Quelle | Columbia, South Carolina: University of South Carolina Press (2023) |
| Beigaben | Literaturangaben |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; Monographie |
| ISBN | 9781643364438 (gebundene Ausgabe); 9781643364445 (Taschenbuch); 9781643364452 (E-Book) |
| Schlagwörter | Biografie; South Carolina; USA; Turner, Benner C.; South Carolina State College; Presidents; Biography; African American college presidents; Historically Black colleges and universities; History; 20. Jahrhundert; African Americans; Civil rights; HISTORY / African American & Black; Geschichte; EDUCATION / History; Biographies; Erziehung |
| Abstract | A man of dignity, a man of integrity, and a man of courage" -- An outsider within: formative years and early education -- Completing his father's work: Turner's early law career -- Pessimistic pragmatist: Turner's presidency in the wake of Brown v. Board of Education -- Academic leadership during campus turmoil -- Leaving and not looking back: life and legacy after South Carolina State College. "Reassesses the career of Benner C. Turner, the polarizing African American president at South Carolina State College during the civil rights era. Travis D. Boyce considers the full sweep of Benner C. Turner's life and career in the context of the contrary pressures of white and Black authority. Borrowing an expression from Michelle Obama's remarks to the 2016 Democratic National Convention, Boyce casts Turner, long-serving president of South Carolina State University, as a steady and measured leader who preserved the limited resources his historically Black institution possessed in the face of often hostile social, political, and economic power structures. Previous accounts of Turner and his SC State presidency portray him as unwilling to criticize the state's white power structure and unable to contend with their open resistance to civil rights. Boyce argues that the modern view of Turner flattens a complex terrain, often relying selectively on hostile sources, underplaying the political constraints on presidents of publicly funded HBCUs in the South. Considering Turner in a richer context, with a deep awareness of Turner's early life formative influences, Boyce provides a more complete critical examination of his leadership in trying times"--Provided by publisher. |
| Erfasst von | Library of Congress, Washington, DC |
| Update | 2023/3/07 |
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