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Read full interview here http://insidehighered.com/news/2007/07/05/gasman
“A Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Waste.” That phrase has for decades been associated with the United Negro College Fund, which supports private black colleges. But the phrase is much more widely known than the history of the UNCF. Envisioning Black Colleges: A History of the United Negro College Fund (Johns Hopkins University Press) looks at the UNCF’s history not just in terms of the funds raised for black colleges, but the less than progressive values that motivated some of its most important early white donors, the battle to shape the image of black colleges, the response of black colleges and largely white foundations to Brown v. Board of Education, and of course the famous ad campaign. The author of the book is Marybeth Gasman, an assistant professor of education at the University of Pennsylvania, whose scholarship focuses on black philanthropy and black colleges. Gasman responded to questions about her new book...
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