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Isaac's case has become a rallying point for some of those interested in the department because it appears he was denied tenure because his specialty is Ethiopian history. Dayna L. Cunningham '80, an organizer of the alumni group, said this week. The department is trying to limit its academic locus to post slave trade. America and is purging it self of Africanists, she added...
...addition to the question of focus, the alumni group is concerned about the University's overall commitment to the department. "The history of Afro-American Studies has been one of deliberate neglect and abuse by the College, and hard work by students and alumni to maintain it," Cunningham said...
...organization is focusing on the Isaac tenure case in part because members believe it is an example of the University's wrongly restricting the academic areas the department will include, Cunningham said. She explained that Isaac was denied tenure because he is an Africa expert, and the University wants to limit the department to the experiences of Blacks in America...
...alumni group has not yet decided on its next move, but organizers say that it intends to pursue its campaign to keep people thinking about the direction of the department "We don't plan to let the issue die." Cunningham said...
...suggested that Agee keep his hands to himself. In a press release, RCA harrumphed that the Bendix chairman "has not demonstrated the ability to manage his own affairs, let alone someone else's." The slam was an obvious reference to the close relationship between Agee, 44, and Mary Cunningham, 30, who became a Bendix vice president for strategic planning just 15 months after joining the company and then resigned amid rumors that she and Agee were romantically linked. In another broadside, RCA Chairman Thornton Bradshaw noted that his firm is engaged in the delicate maneuver of deciding which businesses...