This study presents, on the basis of interviews with 209 sociologists from 70 U.S. colleges and universities, four basic patterns of response to the black studies movement: embracement, anatagonism, accommodation, and withdrawal or dropout. The results indicate that age, race, and ethnic ties appear to be determinants of response. (Author/PG)

A report of the author's research on the attitude of sociologists toward the black studies movement, in which are described the characteristics of the two polar groups of white sociologists, the embracers and the antagonists, and the substance of their respective positions and behavioral consequences are summarized. Potential areas for cooperation…

For five years colleges and universities have encountered the black studies movement; they will never be quite the same again. The phrase "black studies" is used to refer to those programs and departments which may have different designations but are highly similar in content to black studies: Afro-American studies, race and ethnic studies,…