Racism on Campus: A Visual History of Prominent Virginia Colleges and Howard University

This book explores changes in race relations at universities in the United States since the late 19th century, juxtaposing content from predominantly White and historically Black colleges. It employs Bonilla-Silva's concept of structural racism to examine how race ordered social life on campuses, and the lives of Black men and women who worked and attended these schools.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 242 pages
Publication date: 24 September 2021
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Drawing on content from yearbooks published by prominent colleges in Virginia, this book explores profound changes in race relations that have unfolded at universities in the United States since the late 19th century. It juxtaposes the content published in predominantly White university yearbooks to that published by Howard University, a historically Black college. The study is a captivating work of visual sociology, featuring a rich array of photographs, line drawings, and historical prints that vividly depict the enduring institutional racism that permeated these colleges throughout history. Employing the concept of structural racism developed by Bonilla-Silva, the book sheds light on how race shaped and ordered all aspects of social life on campuses, from the period of post-Civil War Reconstruction to the present. It delves into the lives of the Black men and women who worked at these schools, as well as the racial attitudes of the White men and women who attended them. As such, Racism on Campus will captivate scholars of sociology, history, and anthropology with a keen interest in race, racism, and visual methods.

Weight: 374g
Dimension: 154 x 232 x 28 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367681562