The Student as Nigger is the title of an essay & subsequent book by American educator Jerry Farber. The essay 1st appeared in the Los Angeles Free Press in 1967 & is cited as one of the 1st underground publications to receive wide recognition. It was reprinted over 500 times in the the 1960s & was published in book form in 1969 by Pocket Books. The essay, published during the height of the American Civil Rights Movement, in which Farber was an active participant, draws an extended analogy between the status of students at California State University & the status of African Americans.