Soulful Bobcats – Experiences of African American Students at Ohio University, …

Soulful BobcatsExperiences of African American Students at Ohio University, 19501960\nAuthor(s): Carl H. Walker, Betty Hollow\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Ohio University Special Publications, United States\nImprint: Ohio University Special Publications\nISBN-13: 9780966764468, 978-0966764468\nSynopsis\nDuring the 1950s, when less than 20 percent of American high school graduates attended college, a group of ambitious young African Americans enrolled at Ohio University, a predominantly white school in Athens, Ohio. Because they were a tiny, barely tolerated minority, they banded together, supported each other, and formed lasting bonds. Years later, at a series of \""Soulful Reunions,\"" they recalled the joys and challenges of living on a white campus before the civil rights era, and eighteen of them decided to share their stories.\n The authors of the eighteen autobiographical sketches in Soulful Bobcats were a diverse group. They were athletes, rhetoricians, musicians, and actresse.