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...Afro-American studies department began attracting national attention in 1991, when Henry Louis "Skip" Gates came to Harvard as W.E.B. DuBois professor of the humanities and successfully hired several prominent scholars in the field...
Professors of Afro-American studies say that today, with the cross-listing of courses and the mounting prestige of the Afro-American studies department, they no longer feel as excluded from the rest of the university...
...Rather than being isolated, Harvard Afro-American studies is increasingly seen as the model of the engaged, dynamic and innovative scholar," Bobo says. "My appointment, like that of all my colleagues in the Afro-American studies department, is joint with another department...
Many professors of Afro-American studies say they hope to urge their students to challenge preconceptions...
While the importance of African-Americans inthe nation's history is being celebrated thismonth, scholars of Afro-American studies say theywant to promote awareness of black culture andhistory within the community throughout the year...