Word: afro
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Rudenstine worked, for example, to bolster the reputation and resources of Harvard's Department of Afro-American studies...
...fellows were selected by a committee including K. Anthony Appiah, professor of Afro-American studies and philosophy, Bill Kovach, the curator of the Nieman foundation and Melanie Still, the managing editor of the News and Observer...
...November 1970, students were agitating for greater resources tailored to African-American students. One consequence of the movement was the creation of the Afro-American Studies department that year. Another was the creation of Kuumba...
...school year there was an attempt to get rid of the Afro-American Studies department and in 1983 a pre-frosh week dedicated solely to black students was discontinued, he adds...
Moreover, the new professorship, named in honor of renowned musician Quincy Jones, directly attests to the prominent position the Harvard Afro-American Studies Department holds in the field, as well as in academia as a whole. Several top-tier universities have Afro-American studies departments, making Time Warner's decision to entrust Harvard with its money symbolic of the University's unparalleled commitment to Afro-American studies over the past 10 years under President Neil L. Rudenstine's tenure...