When Ivory Towers Were Black: A Story about Race in America's Cities and Universities

This personal history chronicles the triumph and loss of a 1960s initiative to recruit minority students to Columbia University's School of Architecture.

At the intersection of US educational, architectural, and urban history, When Ivory Towers Were Black tells the story of how an unparalleled cohort of ethnic minority students overcame institutional roadblocks to earn degrees in architecture from Columbia University. Its narrative begins with a protest movement to end Columbia's authori...