Word: afros
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...leaders. Others involved were Epps (then 1G), Claude Weaver '65, and Thomas Atkins (1G). A new concept was being formulated, of which Armah was the most articulate spokesman. It was Armah who originated both the name of the organization, AAAAS, and the membership clause -- "open to African and Afro-American students currently enrolled at Harvard and Radcliffe...
...Administration and not Afro defined the nature of the organization. The idea was too new, and the Negro student too perplexed, "too hung up on integration," as Williams puts it, for the concept to be really understood. Williams says that even now, four years later and after the Black Power controversy, does he really understand the new formulation...
...Need for Afro...
...today performs within these three broad functions. Hubert Sapp '67, outgoing President of the organization, feels that "because the Association, was, on its fact, contrary to established liberal tenets, the Administration and the Harvard community interpreted us as a step backward. But in the past two or three years. Afro has demonstrated the kind of contributions it can make, and that these functions could not have been performed if we did not exist specifically as an all-black organization." The point of these functions has been to get black students thinking about the problems of the black community, to urge...
...Freedom Workshop, given at the Cambridge Community Center in conjunction with the Center's Freedom Workshop Committee, seeks to involve. Afro members with Negro high school students who are Center members. The workshop encourages the high school student to articulate his views, and will also utilize drama, art, music, and creative writing to explore the ghetto...