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Book Review
| Envisioning Black Colleges: A History of the United Negro College Fund. By Marybeth Gasman. (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007. xviii, 269 pp. $45.00, ISBN 978-0-8018-8604-1.)
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| The continued existence of privately supported black colleges poses questions about their role and financial support. Often established by religious denominations and assisted by private donations, these colleges have struggled for resources while playing a crucial role in educating students barred by race or held back by poverty from attending better-known or better-endowed institutions. |
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