Word: afros
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Professor of Afro-American Stuides and of Philosophy K. Anthony Appiah and Professor of Afro-American Studies Evelyn B. Higginbotham have formed a committee to work on a formal proposal for a graduate program...
...core of the graduate program in Afro-American Studies will be some kind of interdisciplinary training, similar to the History of American Civilization program that already exists...
Ph.D. candidates in the History of American Civilization must fulfill five requirements: American history; American literature; a subfield such as law, education or religion; a field for intensive study, such as Afro-American history or women's literature; and a field from outside the United States...
Appiah says he envisions a program with roughly half the requirements in related fields, such as literature or philosophy, in addtion to courses and seminars in Afro-American studies...
...Many of our graduates will most likely end up in departments of history, literature or sociology [and not Afro-American studies]," he says. "We want to make sure they [have] the necessary courses and preparation...