Instruct: Classify a given Amazon review as either positive or negative.
Query: A long overdue and thoughtful study

Higgenbotham's book provides a context for and explores the many issues and problems that I faced as a Black woman at a premdominately White University in the late 60's. I learned that my experiences were not unique and personal (as I had assumed), but rather quite typical of my peers. This book reads like my biography, and I can now understand and explain situations that were then inexplicable. I applaud Higgenbotham for her extensive and careful research and recommend this book enthusiastically. This is a history that I lived, and Dr. Higgenbotham has demonstated that it is worthy of scholarly investigation.