Dissenting Forces

A history of enslaved people and abolitionists who fought racism on college campuses and reimagined higher learning Since their inception in North America, universities have had symbiotic ties to racial slavery and settler colonialism and were incubators of racist thought. In Dissenting Forces , Michael E. Jirik offers a comprehensive study of an underrepresented history: the rise and development of Black thought and abolitionist resistance in American universities. Jirik offers a rich scope of