Prophetic Insight: The Higher Education of African Americans

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Prophetic Insight explores contentious issues in higher education concerning black students relative to larger society, while providing the competing perspectives needed to understand and evaluate multiculturalism and the diverging exigencies facing the higher education system in America. Ernest N. Bracey invites conversation about the pedagogy of blacks, discusses the current state of Black Studies, the W.E.B. DuBois and Booker T. Washington debate, and Afrocentricity. He invites an appreciation of the beginnings and roots of black education in America, recognizing the debate over affirmative action, and explores the uniqueness of historically black colleges and universities. Most importantly, Bracey provides constructive and analytical information on the necessary methods of examining African American politics and higher education within the context of historical and contemporary issues.

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...a moving and powerful tome. -- Maceo C. Daily, Jr., University of Texas, El Paso.
'Prophetic Insight' is a timely book. . . * The Negro Educational Review *
...a splendid new book...a wonderful readwell written, well documented and with a well aimed, important message. -- Richard J. Stillman, University of Colorado
...a splendid new book...a wonderful readwell written, well documented and with a well aimed, important message. -- Richard J. Stillman, University of Colorado
...a moving and powerful tome. -- Maceo C. Daily, Jr., University of Texas, El Paso.
'Prophetic Insight' is a timely book. . . * The Negro Educational Review *

Author Bio

Ernest N. Bracey is Temporary Lecturer in the Department of Public Administration at the University of Nevada Las Vegas and Instructor in the Department of Philosophical and Regional Studies at the Community College of Southern Nevada.