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...repeatedly demanded that the courses be "intellectually respectable." That standard, for the most part, was met. The courses carry impressive titles that sound much like the other listings in the Harvard catalogue: The Concept and History of Slavery; Africa in World Politics; History of African Art; and the usual "colloquium" conducted for "concentrators" (i.e., majors) in the department...
...transferring to all-black colleges. The five Harvard whites majoring in black studies also feel unwanted. "The blacks think that we're spying on them or something," says Sophomore Jim Collins, who gives good marks to most of his courses but adds that his experience in the introductory "colloquium" has been grim because it was so disorganized. "I might as well have read a few books on the side and not have taken the course," he says...
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Paul Spickard 72 an Afro-American Studies concentrator said he thought "there are approximately 25 or 30 people in the department," but that as many as 150 have attended lectures in Afro-American Studies 95, a colloquium required of all concentrators. Guinier is coordinator of the colloquium which meets once a week in large groups to hear guest lecturers and once a week in small seminars. Meetings with guest speakers are open to non-concentrators, Nwafor said...
Ewart Guinier, a visiting professor, is the department's first chairman. He will teach Afro-American Studies 20, which explores the current role of the black community in organized labor and polities, and will coordinate AAS 95, a colloquium required of all concentrators...