Sharon Irish

Research Affiliate, Art Historian and Author

Upward Bound

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Reflections on Whiteness

I wrote an article called “Reflections on Whiteness: Integrating Upward Bound in the 1960s” and published it in Schools: Studies in Education 21:2(Fall 2024). Thanks to editor Andy Kaplan for his support. Here’s the abstract: Upward Bound (UB), created in 1965 to provide educational enrichment for low-income youths, had to be racially integrated. In 1966, […]