Pursuing the "Unfinished Business of Democracy": Willa B. Player and Liberal Arts Education at Bennett College in the Civil Rights Era.

The article discusses how Willa Beatrice Player, president of Bennett College in Greensboro, North Carolina, used liberal arts education as both a springboard for and a defense of student activism during the U.S. civil rights era in the 1960s. Player pursued racial justice at the black women's colle...

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Published in:	North Carolina Historical Review Vol. 96; no. 1; pp. 1 - 34
Main Author:	SANDERS, CRYSTAL R.
Format:	Article
Published:	North Carolina Division of Archives & History Jan2019
Subjects:	Player, Willa B., 1909-2003 Bennett College (Greensboro, N.C.) General education Student activism Civil rights movements African American college presidents Civil rights workers Student protesters United States
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