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ERIC Number: EJ615850
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0002-8312
Scylla and Charybdis: Navigating the Waters of Academic Freedom at Fisk University during Charles S. Johnson's Administration (1946-1956).
Gasman, Marybeth
American Educational Research Journal, v36 n4 p739-58 Win 1999
Explores the ways in which academic freedom, civil liberties, and civil rights clashed in the dismissal of Lee Lorch, accused of being a communist, during the administration of Charles S. Johnson as president of Fisk University. Examines the traditions of historically black universities related to academic freedom. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Black Colleges, Blacks, Civil Rights, Communism, Higher Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Fisk University TN
Note: Research supported by the Indiana University Center on Philanthropy and the Rockefeller Foundation.