Word: afros
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...after a dispute over the plans of theBlack Students Association (BSA) to bringcontroversial Afro-centrist speaker LeonardJeffries to campus, BSA President Zaheer R. Ali'94 charged that Epps was being used by theadministration to "keep the students in check...
Harvard responded with not only the creation of an Afro-American Studies concentration later that year, but also through a completely revamped admissions plan...
Rampersad termed West's return to Harvard as"the turning point of his life." Newspapers suchas the New York Times and the Boston Globeannounced a major "coup" for Harvard when hisappointment was announced on Nov. 10, 1993. Gatesand University President Neil L. Rudenstinelavished praise on West and heralded therejuvenated Afro-American studies department...
According to Head Tutor K. Anthony Appiah,professor of Afro-American studies and ofphilosophy, the Afro-American studies departmenthas benefited tremendously from West's presence.Appiah specifically praises West's courseAfro-American Studies 10, "Introduction toAfro-American Studies," which is a required coursefor concentrators and one of the most popularelectives at the College...
April Yvonne Garrett, who studied under Westand served as a teaching fellow for Afro-AmericanStudies 10 last fall, appreciates West's abilityto attract a diverse group of students, all ofwhom are passionate and dedicated...