Word: afros
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Council also discussed Afro-American studies, ROTC, and the tactics of various student groups, but did not vote on any other motions or resolutions...
During the discussion of the Afro-American studies program, Thomas F. Pettigrew, professor of Social Psychology, said, "The real problem is the race issue facing us at the Faculty level. I hope that adoption of the Afro program doesn't take the heat off of the search for black professors in all disciplines...
...Faculty holds another emergency meeting Tuesday. Cavell's proposal will be on the docket, along with two others. One, by Archie C. Epps, assistant dean of the College, asks the Faculty to resolve that "new and extraordinary means be found to involve black students in the Afro-American Studies program." The other, by B. Irven DeVore, associate professor of Anthropology, suggests an interim solution of placing three students chosen by Afro on the Standing Committee, Afro representatives will probably be invited to attend Tuesday's Faculty meeting...
...approximately 1:30 a.m. several members of the agenda committee received word that Afro and SDS would possibly occupy a building if the strike were not continued. At this point no proposals had been received from such prostrate groups nor had they communicated a desire to speak to the meeting. Several of the members of the committee including myself thereupon voiced the opinion that if such pro-strike groups were not accorded places to speak in the agenda they might result in the closing of the University, an outcome which all of us dreaded...
...demand of the Association of African and Afro-American students for a voice in the creation of a black studies program here has also not yet been met. This is, of course, an area where the final decision rests with the Faculty of Arts and sciences, and there is every indication that the Afro position will be adopted by the Faculty tomorrow. By doing so, the Faculty will not only be argeeing to a proposal which is fundamentally sound and just, but will also be demonstrating that its concern with pressing issues does not ebb and flow with the degree...