Supports historian Martin Kilson's placement of the Black experience within human experience defying simplistic notions of Black virtue versus white corruption. Although Kilson's view of history is held ambiguous and difficult of judgment relating to the past, his approach is cited as best equipping Blacks to deal with the present. (KG)

Discusses how an "ideal model of a Black university might appear. Takes the position that the Black university exists without generalized consciousness of it by Black educators; that it is a movement, and not a physical building or a formal institution. (RJ)

Disagrees with Robert Bone's interpretation of the novel "Beetlecreek , and stresses instead its human content. (KG)

Critizes failure of education to address itself to society's ills, to adequately reflect the culture and history of Afro-Americans, and to prepare Black students for constructive action in the ghettos. (KG)

Argues that Black people must engage in a therapeutic struggle which stresses Afro-American history and nationalism, and that Black professionals must shed narrow confines of academic disciplines and think as social scientists. (KG)

Deals with the theoretical problem of defining the aims of the Black Universities, and presents two critical characteristics: freedom from extraneous influence, and committed responsiveness to the educational needs of Black people. (KG)