Among the questions that are asked are the following: who will assess Black Studies at white universities; how will the assessment and evaluation be handled; and what criteria for assessment will be used. (Author/AM)

Community-based research in Black Studies is a general phrase suggesting that scholarship about blacks should be pursued within a framework of theory, praxis, and community service. Both theory and praxis are critical in order to understand fully how black life experiences have molded and are reflected in American civilization. Theory refers to…

By the simple technique of opening our minds a bit, we can come to judge African music from the African's point of view rather than from our own. (Author)

A survey of speech communication college course offerings which stress the black experience.'' (CH)

Describes the results of an evaluative study of Black Studies programs in American colleges and universities. (RB)

Reviews the status and format of black studies programs in black institutions. (DM)

In September 1969 a program called Early Bird Guidance'' was designed in New Orleans, Louisiana, in response to one of the most deep-seated and crippling problems that black children experience in elementary school--negative self-concept. (Author/CB)

Militant black students and teachers sport a militant style in order to achieve a protected and segregated (but academically undemanding and inferior) educational niche called a Black Studies Program. (DM)

Discusses the issues involved in defining the objectives, the sphere of operation, the curriculum, and the academic justification of the hundreds of Black Studies programs that have been set up in all sections of the country in all kinds of institutions. (Author/JM)

The authors present their pilot study in content analysis. The study seems to support the hypothesis that there is a basic difference in the value orientation between black and white cultures. (LF)

The author discusses the controversy that has been waged over the literary and social value of Uncle Tom's Cabin. (LF)

Personal view of struggles of Blacks for an identity on white campuses. Argues for need of Black teachers for Black studies, more relevant class structure, more flexibility on part of teachers, more attitudinal changes on and off campus. Presented at American College Personnel Association, St. Louis, 1970. (CJ)

An attempt to mediate a controversy raised in previous issues of English Journal (Feb 70 and Nov 70). Suggests that the teacher adopt a non-authoritarian role and not present himself as a spokesman for black literature. Stresses presentation of material at the level of student preparedness. (JB)