Scholars talk about being Black on campus in 2020

As colleges and universities issued statement after statement this year affirming that Black lives matter, many Black faculty members remained unimpressed with mere words of support -- at once dubious and hopeful that this moment might lead to real, lasting change for themselves and their Black colleagues. “There has never been a golden age for Black faculty in the United States,” said Douglas M. Haynes, vice chancellor for equity, diversity and inclusion and professor of history and...