Date of Award
1-1-2021
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Ph.D. in History
First Advisor
Shennette M. Garrett-Scott
Second Advisor
Garrett Felber
Third Advisor
Rebecca Marchiel
Relational Format
dissertation/thesis
Abstract
This study seeks to explore how Black Arkansans on college campuses in rural towns navigated their local circumstances while embracing tenets of Black Power. By 1968, public PWIs in Arkansas were contending with an influx of Black students due to the gains of the Civil Rights Movement. Even though many of the universities had been integrated years and even decades earlier, they were still ill-equipped for the number of Black students that would enroll and descend upon the towns during this period.
Recommended Citation
Gipson, Maurice D., "A NATURAL FIT FOR THE NATURAL STATE: THE EMERGENCE OF BLACK POWER ORGANIZATIONS IN ARKANSAS FROM 1968-1975" (2021). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 2098.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/etd/2098