Word: afros
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...departure of prominent professors K. Anthony Appiah and Cornel R. West ’74 last spring left the Afro-American studies department facing a difficult transition this year. Fortunately, the University has taken substantive steps to rebuild the department—but more work remains to be done...
...addition of three new professors—Professor of Government and Afro-American Studies Michael C. Dawson, Assistant Professor of English and Afro-American Studies Glenda Carpio, and most recently Evelynn Hammonds—is a positive move. It is heartening to see that the University moved quickly to replenish the intellectual capital that was diminished when Appiah and West decamped to Princeton...
After the mess last semester when the confrontation between West and University President Lawrence H. Summers came to light, it is more important than ever for Summers to demonstrate the depth of the University’s commitment to a strong Afro-American studies department. For the last decade, Harvard has been recognized as the center of Afro-American studies; the events of the last year should not be allowed to erase that accomplishment, which was one of former University President Neil L. Rudenstine’s greatest legacies. Summers must make all efforts to ensure that no more...
Rebuilding the Afro-American studies department will be a long process, and addressing the historic imbalance in the Faculty will take even longer. But Hammonds’ arrival is a solid start, and we look forward to similarly impressive appointments in the future...
American Studies professor Sanders, who sports an afro and a goatee and who recently released a rap C.D. he calls “danceable education,” is a candidate for the post. But conflict ensues when university president Winthrop criticizes what he calls Sanders’ focus on non-academic issues—concern that Sanders says is motivated by racism...