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...AFRO-AM REDUX...
...attempts to discuss the exploitation of Black jazz musician by white businessmen. Both the characters of Indigo and Gilliam's mother are endorsements of the role of the Black women in American history. It has been universally acknowledged that the Black woman has played a stronger role in supporting Afro-American society than the Black male has. And Lee's pro-family theme is particularly relevant to Black society in times where more than two-thirds of all Black children are born into single parent households...
Clinton was appointed a lecturer in the Afro-American Studies Department, and will teach the department's year-long introductory survey course, Afro-Am 118a/118b. She also plans to teach a course on African-American Women's History...
Buck agreed that the course's omission was unfortunate, but added, "It's better to give up a women's studies course during the summer than to give up an Afro-American Studies course during the year...
Furthermore, as an Afro-American Studies minor, I am afraid that Dr. Bell's actions will do nothing to encourage Black students to apply to Harvard University. With a suffering Afro-American Studies Department, Professor Bell's actions only continue to dissuade prospective high school students from applying to or attending the College. There is no question that the publicity tactic Dr. Bell has chosen is persuasive indeed. Qualified Black college graduates will be "persuaded" to look elsewhere for a law school with a better reputation than the oversimplified one that Professor Bell has publicized by his action...