Discover a little-known chapter in the history of Black higher education as Dr. Crystal Sanders examines how segregation-era scholarship programs sent African American students beyond the South to pursue graduate degrees unavailable to them at home. Dr. Sanders’s work sheds light on the barriers these students faced, the journeys they undertook, and their determination to access educational opportunities denied to them under Jim Crow.
Following the lecture, Dr. Sanders will be in conversation with Bentley Historical Library archivist Brian Williams to discuss U-M’s initial African American Student Project and its role in documenting the experiences and contributions of Black students. Together, they will connect this history to broader questions of educational access, migration, and the preservation of Black history. The conversation will also explore next steps for the African American Student Project 2.0, a newly launched IHP project site that builds on this work and expands our understanding of Black student life at the University of Michigan and beyond.
The lecture, conversation, and Q&A will be followed by a reception with light fare. This event is free and open to ALL to attend. Registration is encouraged.
Segregation Scholarships in the Jim Crow Era: A Forgotten Migration, a lecture and conversation with Dr. Crystal Sanders, is presented by the Inclusive History Project with the support of the Bentley Historical Library.
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