From Power to Prejudice: The Rise of Racial Individualism in Midcentury America

Americans believe strongly in the socially transformative power of education, and the idea that we can challenge racial injustice by reducing white prejudice has long been a core component of this faith. How did we get here? In this first-rate intellectual history, Leah N. Gordon jumps into this and other big questions about race, power, and social justice.

To answer these questions, From Power to Prejudice examines American academia-both black and white-in the 1940s and '50s. Gordon prese...