Provides information deleted, for space reasons, from an article by the same authors in "The Black Scholar" March-April 1984. Identifies six alternative intellectual foci to be included in Black Studies courses and discusses briefly the development of a paradigm for the study of the Black experience. Also provides footnotes omitted from the…

Argues that from 1967 to 1982, Black Studies organized a substantial body of intellectual thought; organized its trends, issues, and insights into formal curricula; and organized its practitioners (instructors, theoreticians, writers) into institutional and professional association on a nationwide basis. (Author/CMG)

Presents an overview of the major intellectual forces affecting black scholars in the past and an outline of what will occur in the future; discussion of black behavior is grounded in a consideration of African behavior. (Author/JM)