This paper examines some of the recent literature concerning black studies on campus. Emphasis is placed on objectives, administrative and curricular considerations, and the qualities of academic leadership required by new circumstances. (MJM)

This report describes several action programs to illustrate innovative procedures that show promise of increasing the enrollment of black students and providing programs of such distinct value as to keep them in school. An effective program of recruitment requires cooperation between admissions and counseling personnel of the college and high…

The major objective of the Project in African Music at Howard University was to develop materials for a course in African music designed for General Education curricula in institutions of higher education. The project was expanded to include the development of materials on African-derived music and to make the materials adaptable for use in…

The African-American Materials Project was a three year venture in bibliographic control of African-American materials. It was a regional project, designed to locate and describe materials in six Southern states. The project was divided into three periods. Phase I was devoted to locating existing collections through the use of a questionnaire,…

GRADES OR AGES: Senior high school (Grades 10-12). SUBJECT MATTER: The Negro in United States history. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide has 12 units: 1) African Background; 2) Exploration; 3) The Revolution; 4) The Constitution; 5) Westward Expansion; 6) Slavery; 7) Lincoln and Slavery; 8) The Civil War; 9) Reconstruction; 10)…

This dissertation is an annotated bibliographical guide to published and unpublished bibliographies of primary and secondary materials useful in the study of Afro-American literature, folklore, and allied fields. The published bibliographies listed include those devoted to particular literary genres, individual authors, specific subjects, and…

In the course of the Six Institutions' Consortium 3-year curriculum development project in Afro-American Studies, it became abundantly clear to faculty and student participants that the most viable curriculum that can be developed must be interdisciplinary. In response to this conviction, a seminar was held to emphasize the need for an approach to…

This document describes a summer institute held at Northwestern University during the summer of 1970 entitled Institute in African Studies for College Teachers. The program of instruction that was devised had 4 principal objectives in mind: (1) transmission of accurate information and data about African and Afro-American culture and society; (2)…

Early studies generally concluded that Blacks had negative self-concepts. Later studies, however, reached different conclusions. A review of this literature may aid the professional educator in planning intervention strategies. (Author/EB)

This paper examines two competing perspectives which have influenced the study of Black families. The first perspective assumes that Black families are patterned after the dominant culture. The other perspective holds that at least part of Black family life is linked to African forms of culture. (Author)

Suggests that the demise of Black Studies would foreshadow the future deterioration of the material conditions of black people, a situation which all elements of the black community want to preclude as a possible future for black people. (Author/AM)

A critical analysis of Harold Cruse's essays, especially "The Crisis of the Negro Intellectual" is provided. This paper suggests that the makings of a theory of Afro-American society have been in the works for some time, something Cruse ignores. (Author/AM)

Discusses the role of the belief that all groups should assimilate to Anglo Saxon values in American history and the emergence of multicultural education in the 1960s. Argues for the teaching of black cultural history and literature. Provides a bibliography for incorporating black history into high school classes. (KH)

Relates the emergence of Black Studies programs in the 1960s to the interest of American Blacks in the African independence struggles. Observes a shift in Black Studies away from the militancy of its origins and calls for reconsideration of its purpose. Reviews related literature. (KH)

In this activity high school students read and discuss a letter written by a fugitive slave in England asking Britons not to be misled by a statement made by a clergyman claiming that the American federal government was not responsible for slavery, that it was the individual states that were at fault. (RM)