Word: afro-am
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...country of Jefferson, Washington and Lincoln and W.E. B. DuBois, Frederick Douglass and Marcus Garvey. It was the land of freedom and slavery, achievement and misery. It was a nation that revealed itself, in its history and philosophy, as an enigma; a confrontation of race and ideals. Afro-Am offered an opportunity to understand the United States...
...Administration has finally realized that drastic action is needed to rebuild Afro-Am after years of neglect. Any single scholar offered tenure in Harvard's department is likely to decline--no one wants to study or teach at a university devoid of scholars in the same area of inquiry...
Apparently realizing that dramatic action was required, especially after the death of prominent Afro-American Studies historian Nathan I. Huggins, Dean of the Faculty A. Michael Spence appointed a special executive committee of Harvard professors to expedite junior and senior-level Afro-Am appointments. And the committee has begun to pay dividends...
...attempting to lure three scholars at once, Harvard has made a bold move which could convince outside scholars of its commitment to Afro-Am. Witness the case of one of the three potential senior appointments--Nellie Y. McKay, the University of Wisconsin literary scholar who last fall turned down a Harvard tenure offer...
Rejuvenating Afro-Am after years of relative stagnation will not be an easy task. But Harvard has finally recognized the magnitude of the problem and has made a long overdue move to start solving...