Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables Preface Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Black Higher Education Field 2. Collective Action and Status Inequality 3. Advocacy and Racial Inequality 4. Adapting to a World without State-Sanctioned Racial Inequality 5. Building Legitimacy amid Inequality 6. The Story of Organizational Adaption Appendix 1: Population of Black Colleges and Universities Appendix 2: UNCF Membership and Organizational Meetings Appendix 3: Frame Analyses Appendix 4: Earned Degree Data Notes References Index

About the Author

Melissa E. Wooten is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.