Record #:

41244

Author(s):

Favors, Jelani M.

Abstract:

The Civil Rights movement’s seeds were planted decades earlier and in historically black colleges such as Bennett. Here, Bennett Belles were inspired by campus leaders like David Dallas Jones as much as nationwide leaders like Vernon Johns. Education and race consciousness fortified them to help instill equality through campus and community activism.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 96 Issue 3, July 2019 , p391-430

Subject(s):

Bennett College (Greensboro); Bennett College--Bennett Belles--Civil Rights Movement ; Historically black colleges and universities--North Carolina--Bennett College ; Bennett College--black presidents--Charles Grandison; Progressive reform--Higher education--Women; Progressive reform--Higher education--African Americans ; Civil Rights demonstrations--black female college students; Greensboro; Higher education--North Carolina--African American women; Black radicalism--Higher education--Bennett College ; Bennett College--black presidents--David Dallas Jones; BENNETT BANNER (college newspaper); North Carolina Central University--see also North Carolina College for Negroes ; Baker, Ella; Segregation--Jim Crow laws