How to avoid the volatile situations that often accompany the attempt to create instant investigation of Negritude." (CB)

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)

Reviews recent literature on the black studies issue focusing on the direction of black studies and on the reported lack of relevance and unanimity of purpose of such programs. (RJ)

The problems of the Black administrator on the white campus and his difficulty to affect change and to hammer out the kind of program and engage in the kinds of activities that will basically alter institutional life" are explored by the author. (Author/DR)

Discusses the rationale, objectives, and problems of black studies programs, recognizing their validity in reflecting the history, problems, and culture of 25 million Americans. (JK)

The Governor reviews student activists' occupation of the University of Minnesota's main administration building and suggests areas in which administrators can benefit from student participation. (MF)

Describes the experiences of a white faculty member who was hired to teach in the Black Studies department at Fordham University in 1970, examining how the department reacted to a white applicant, how the teacher worked to gain the trust of a very diverse group of students, and how these students reacted to a white educator teaching black studies.…

Describes the confrontation between black scholars, representing the African Heritage Studies Association, and the overwhelmingly white African Studies Association. Black studies are contended not to be the province of white scholars who tend to see Africa as an "ethnic plantation, and who resent the idea of an international unity of African…

Reviews the development of Black studies programs in colleges and universities during the 1960s, discusses academic and administrative problems that such programs faced, and proposes a core curriculum that will prepare Black students for graduate study and post-college employment. (GC)

Black studies can be viewed as an ecological process because it improves the academic setting on White university campuses, gives Black students a feeling of solidarity and identity, and creates conditions favorable to learning. (Author/MC)