Word: afros
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...College regulations say an organization must have "a constitution and by-laws whose membership clause shall not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, or color." But there is actual discrimination in organizations that have membership by invitation, such as the final clubs or the Association of African and Afro-American Students...
...Harvard Advocate, H-R Association of African and Afro-American Students, H-R Americans for Reappraisal of Far Eastern Policy, Harvard Art Review, H-R Ayn Rand Society, Harvard University Band, Harvard Undergraduate Bridge Club, H-R Assoc. of Business and Economics Students...
Association of African and Afro-American Students--The three-year-old AAAAS began as it pretends to be now: an attempt to unite Negro and African students along lines advocated by international civil rights leaders such as Malcolm X and James Foreman. The solidarity was useful to both sides. Africans could mount pressure on the Federal Government about American racial injustices, while American Negroes sought to make the U.S. take a more enlightened view toward Africa...
...estimated 22,500 in three years; by contrast, the bland Dallas Express has slipped from 9,000 to 4,900. Sensitive to the growing pride in race, the papers are using the word Negro much less than before; the Amsterdam News has banned it altogether in favor of Afro-American. "Our emphasis is on self-determination within the black community," says Nigerian-born Simon Anekwe, who writes a column on Africa for the News...
...purpose of the "Seminar on Negro Politics," associated with the Kennedy Institute, is to prompt senior members of Afro to give seminars in the fields in which they are writing their thesis. A reading list is drawn up of books which they feel have particularly shaped their thinking. Sapp says that the seminar "offers the younger student an opportunity both for dialogue with senior members and for recognizing the benefits of majoring in certain areas while he still has a number of options open...