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Black students campaigned for the creation of an Afro-American studies department. They advocated increased recruitment of Black students and asked for the University's support of students who felt dislocated from the Black community...
Despite their distinct agendas, some Black students sought support from activist groups that were primarily white. The African and Afro-American Association of Students (AAAAS), the forerunner of the Black Student's Association (BSA), appealed for help from the predominantly white Students for a Democratic Society...
...Rosovsky Report--a product of the demands the Black students made for an Afro-American studies department--tried to make the Harvard experience a more satisfactory one for Black students...
...result of the report, the Faculty overwhelmingly approved of a cultural center for Black students, and the University began to offer more classes in Afro-American studies...
...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...