By Ron Stodghill
A richly mentioned account of the forces threatening America's historical black faculties and universities—and how assorted leaders national are suffering to maintain those associations and black tradition alive for destiny generations.
American schooling is less than siege, and few components of the process are extra threatened than black faculties and universities. as soon as hailed as nationwide treasures, traditionally black faculties and universities (HBCUs) akin to Spelman collage, Morehouse collage, and Howard University—the spine of the nation's black heart classification that have produced legends together with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Thurgood Marshall, and Oprah Winfrey—are in a struggle for survival. The threats are quite a few: Republican country legislators are decided to merge, consolidate, or close down traditionally black schools and universities; Ivy League associations are poaching the simplest black highschool scholars; President Obama's push for heightened functionality criteria, and cuts in personal loan investment from the U.S. division of Education.
In this tightly woven narrative filled with interesting characters, Where every person appears like Me chronicles this close to brink for black faculties. Award-winning journalist Ron Stodghill deals an extraordinary behind-closed-doors check out the non-public international of the forums of administrators, the black intelligentsia, the leaders of commercial, legislation, politics, tradition, and activities, and different influential figures enthusiastic about the controversy and conflict to avoid wasting those associations. instructed from the viewpoint of a kinfolk, Where each person appears like Me indicates their fight to safe the easiest schooling for his or her baby. Where everyone appears like Me is a story of imaginative and prescient and vanity—of boardroom backbiting, monetary chicanery, idealism and fervour. listed here are directors, celebrities, alumni, and others whose lives are intricately tied to those associations and their fate—whether they'll stay powerful and very important, or develop into a respected a part of our cultural past.
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