Scarlet and Black, Volume Three: Making Black Lives Matter at Rutgers, 1945-2020

The 250th anniversary of the founding of Rutgers University is a perfect moment for the Rutgers community to reconcile its past, and acknowledge its role in the enslavement and debasement of African Americans and the disfranchisement and elimination of Native American people and culture. 

Format: Hardback
Length: 328 pages
Publication date: 20 May 2021
Publisher: Rutgers University Press

The 250th anniversary of Rutgers University's founding presents an opportune moment for the Rutgers community to confront its past and acknowledge its involvement in the dehumanization and exploitation of African Americans, the marginalization and erasure of Native American people and culture, and the disfranchisement and eradication of these communities. Scarlet and Black, Volume Three, serves as a groundbreaking testament to the history of Rutgers's entanglement with slavery, which was neither incidental nor accidental nor exceptional. Similar to many early American colleges, Rutgers relied on enslaved individuals to construct its campuses, provide services to its students and faculty, and sustain its financial stability. This concluding volume of the Committee on Enslaved and Disenfranchised Population in Rutgers History's trilogy brings to a close the exhaustive exploration of Rutgers's connection to slavery. Within its pages, readers will find insightful essays that shed light on the experiences of Black and Puerto Rican students, the emergence of the Black Unity League, the historic Conklin Hall takeover, the impactful divestment movement against South African apartheid, the ongoing anti-racism struggles of the 1990s, and the controversial Don Imus controversy, as well as the remarkable achievements of the 2007 Scarlet Knights women's basketball team. For further insights into the work of the Committee on Enslaved and Disenfranchised Population in Rutgers History, please visit the project's website at http://scarletandblack.rutgers.edu.

Weight: 333g
Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781978827325