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Another clue as to the future direction of Black studies at Harvard is the recent tenure offer to a major scholar of Black literature at Columbia...
Professor of Law Derrick A. Bell, who has himself turned to fiction in his recent work on civil rights law, recalls the discussion between Gates and Huggins: "Basically, they said that the great thrust of Afro-American history was to correct the record--to show that Black folk played a very important role," Bell says. "But the historical role tended to be a correction of the record, while the literary people can provide a continuous range of views about the record...
...years to lure Gates, to Harvard as a tenured professor, but they say those recruiting efforts have never resulted in a formal offer. Gates, a Cornell professor who holds appointments in the Africana Studies, Comparative Literature and English departments there, has written several books in recent years that have greatly expanded the reach of Afro-American literary criticism, scholars...
...whether or not Harvard succeeds in hiring Gates or Rampersad, Sollors, who himself focusues on Black literature, says the recent innovations in literary studies will have an impact on the future of the field at Harvard. "We have a very interesting recent mountain of good books upon which to build," he says...
...whatever the fate of individual departments of Afro-American Studies, scholars say the dramatic recent shift in the field has given new life to Black Studies as an academic discipline. The question that remains is whether the soul of the field will be lost in the process...