Source Collection
This digital collection comprises selected materials from the following archival collection at Duke University Archives:
Department of African and African American Studies records 1966-1981, 2024
Collection #UA.25.06.0001 | 3 Linear Feet; 7.83 Gigabytes
ABSTRACT
In May 1969, the Black Studies Committee submitted and received approval for the Black Studies Program from the Undergraduate Faculty Council of the Arts and Sciences (UFCAS). Walter Burford was named program head in 1970. Since its creation the program and eventually department has undergone various name changes. Some previous names include Black Studies Program, Afro-American Studies, African and Afro-American Studies, and African and African American Studies. Materials and topics in the collection include course materials, faculty recruitment, committee work related to Black Studies proposals and to the program's departmental status, budgets, symposiums, and printed matter relating to similar programs and problems at other schools.
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