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...back to 1969, When a Black student groupused veiled promises of riot to push a balkyFaculty into creating Afro-American Studies, therehas been a tradition of strong-armed activism inthe BSA. During the deliberations over AfroAm, onestudent sat outside the Faculty room with aconcealed meat cleaver during the deliberationsover Afro-Am; few believe the department wouldhave been created without the threats...

Author: By Anna D. Wilde, | Title: The Anointed One | 6/8/1995 | See Source »

Like most people, Carter defines her time atHarvard by the things she has chosen to do here.She looks back happily on her time at the Co-op,in the Afro-Am department, working at Schlesingerand participating in the tutoring program inDorchester. "The Co-op made it possible to stay atHarvard until the end," she says. It most closeslyresembled the warm nurturing environment in whichshe had grown...

Author: By Natasha H. Leland, | Title: Tracey L. Carter can barely sit still. She leans backwards over the Chair then swings back up to answer my questions. | 6/8/1995 | See Source »

According to Wilson, the program had not been cleared with the ad hoc committee and Black students were insulted by the requirement of combining Afro-Am with another concentration. Black students complained of being "sold out" by the administration...

Author: By Michael M. Luo, | Title: Wilson Proves Adaptable as Activist, Academic | 6/6/1995 | See Source »

...Wilson returned to Harvard as a post-doctoral fellow at the Kennedy School of Government. While he was here, Wilson says he was dismayed at the state of the Afro-Am department he had worked so to hard to create...

Author: By Michael M. Luo, | Title: Wilson Proves Adaptable as Activist, Academic | 6/6/1995 | See Source »

...really weird going back to Harvard seeing how screwed up the African-American Studies Department was," Wilson says. "It was very disappointing to come see the Afro-Am department in a very shaky state...

Author: By Michael M. Luo, | Title: Wilson Proves Adaptable as Activist, Academic | 6/6/1995 | See Source »

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