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Thomson Professor of Government Martin L. Kilson, who was the first Black to be tenured at Harvard and was a member of the Rosovsky committee, says that while he disagreed with the proposal for a full-scale department, the problems with Afro-Am had nothing to do with Black professors being unwilling to join...
...fact that I would have said no had nothing to do with me being Black," Kilson says. "I don't think there was much problem there because most of the appointments we were offering were joint appointments between Afro-Am and another, more established department...
According to Hall, Afro-Am search committee members were advised by other faculty members to try a "sociological approach" to hiring Black professors...
...many students were outraged because the report diluted their biggest demand: the call for an Afro-Am department. The report called only for the establishment of a committee on Afro-Am, but students held out for a formal department...
Several days after SDS members took over University Hall, the Faculty acceded to student demands. Although only one Black student participated in the takeover, the threat of another student uprising motivated the Faculty to give Afro-Am department status...