The Black in Crimson and Black: History and Profiles of African Americans at SDSU - Softcover

Fikes Jr, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1726900851 ISBN 13: 9781726900850

Publisher: Montezuma Publishing, 2019

Synopsis

The pages of Black and Crimson celebrate the Black Excellence of past and present faculty and staff at San Diego State University. The 'over the years' book introduces you to the academic achievements, research initiatives, professional and career developments, and offers prime examples of leadership and community service.

 

This collection of profiles should serve as motivation to African American students attending SDSU now and into the future by instilling in them a sense of pride from the first day they set foot on campus. They will understand who provided the shoulders they now stand upon as they achieve academic and personal success within and beyond the campus.

About this title

About the Author:

Hired in 1977, Fikes published quite a few journal, magazine, and newspaper articles and several monographs mainly pertaining to African American history and literature and the achievements of the descendants of Africa in Europe and Latin America. His co-authored 1981 article, "Black Pioneers of San Diego, 1850 to 1900," for which he wrote most of the text, was made into a booklet and widely distributed by the San Diego Historical Society. In 1993, the California Court of Appeals ruled in favor of Fikes and a Latino colleague who had filed an excessive workload grievance, supported by their union, which reaffirmed the faculty status and rights of librarians. Fikes was editor of the newsletter of the California Black Faculty and Staff Association from 1979 to 2001. He also wrote two online books concerning SDSU's black and military alumni. Honors include Africana Studies Department Unsung Hero Award (2004), SDSU Monty for Outstanding Faculty (2007), Earl B. Gilliam Bar Association Award for Community Service (2009), and NAACP W.E.B. Du Bois Scholarship Award (2011). He retired in 2012.

About this edition

• Publisher: Montezuma Publishing
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1726900851
• ISBN 13: 9781726900850
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 210