Word: ams
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Despite the closeness of the date, members of the coalition thought the number of students reached through its member groups would be large enough to give the movement momentum. Many students felt torn in supporting the boycott, however, because they felt the issues were only loosely related in that they...
In terms of student turnout, the boycott worked. Estis says he feels the boycott was worthwhile "if for no other reason than that it got people informed about the Afro-Am issue." He says it is hard to say which of the issues people turned out to support, but hopes...
Perhaps because of the imminence of reading period, students did not continue to organize after the protest. Af-Am dropped out of the headlines, and the petitions distributed before the boycott, with their several hundred signatures, never reached Rosovsky's office. "We're thinking about doing something with them in...
He adds that he felt Rosovsky's current proposal was indirectly a result of student concern shown through the spring demonstrations. Rosovsky says, however, that "fuss doesn't demonstrate anything. Students vote their support for a department by enrolling, and the enrollment in Afro-Am has dropped precipitously over the...
Cudjoe said earlier this year that in 1972, more than 1000 students took Af-Am courses, and 80 per cent were white. Now, he said, only 314 students take the courses, and one concentrator is white. "The University's deprecation of the department is supported by the views of students...