Word: afros
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...says he was chosen because of his involvement in a volunteer program in which he created an Afro-American studies curriculum to teach weekly to inmates in a Massachusetts prison...
Hall describes himself as a noticeable presence on campus, "letting [his] hair grow into a bushy afro, running around sidewalks spouting off about Africa...
Skipping class to prepare for his prison pupils, Hall says he began to realize the lack of Afro-American history materials available at Harvard...
Black students campaigned for the creation of an Afro-American studies department. They advocated increased recruitment of Black students and asked for the University's support of students who felt dislocated from the Black community...
Despite their distinct agendas, some Black students sought support from activist groups that were primarily white. The African and Afro-American Association of Students (AAAAS), the forerunner of the Black Student's Association (BSA), appealed for help from the predominantly white Students for a Democratic Society...