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The 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.
Through programs like the Afro-American Studies department, the W.E.B. DuBois Institute and Kuumba, Winfrey says Harvard's commitment to black history and culture serves as an international example.
Although in the late nineteenth century black students were few in numbers, those that did attend the College went on to become intellectual and historical figures. W.E.B. Dubois 1890, a philosophy student, formed close relationships with his professors, Harvard luminaries such as William James and George Santayana.
By the early twentieth century, more black students were attending the College than in DuBois's time, but according to alumni accounts, increased admissions didn't signal a change in attitudes. Although many students recalled being accepted by their peers-- joining the Debating Society and various student councils--African Americans...
Over the course of the next 70 years, clashesconcerning the function of race on campus haveexpanded to include scholarly debate and broadsocial activism. In the 1960s, the Afro-AmericanStudies Department was created, attracting suchluminaries as Professor of Afro-American Studiesand History Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Professorof Afro-American Studies and Philosophy...