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...December 12, 1972, two giants in the early history of Harvard’s Afro-American studies department, Ewart Guinier ’33 and Martin L. Kilson, debated the role of Afro-American studies in higher education...
...local New York City television program called “Positively Black,” the two held a heated debate in which Kilson argued the “interdisciplinary” view that students should get a grounding in a discipline before beginning an education in Afro-American studies, while Guinier stressed the “organic” or “Afrocentric” view, which stresses the importance of studying the black experience “from the point of view of the people who have lived that experience...
...exact words that were spoken between the two are less important than the underlying theme of the conflict—the same theme underlying the Kilson-Guinier debate—the clash between the dynamic, activist character of Afro-American studies and the static, conservative approach to learning of the academy...
...yard for the Pusey Library, an addition to Widener. 1 -Rosovsky takes over as dean of FAS 23 - In a letter to Harvard and The New York Times, Dean of the College at Princeton University Neil L. Rudenstine criticizes the work of Harvard professor of government Martin L. Kilson, citing numerous inaccuracies. In an article published on Sept. 9 by the New York Times Magazine, Kilson said that top educational institutions in the U.S. had "politicized" their admissions procedures and had lowered their qualifications for blacks, targeting Princeton as a prime example. 24 - The University shuttle service begins...
Martin L. Kilson...