Department of African and African American studies records, 1966-1981
More About This Collection
Date of Original
1966/1981
Subject
African American students--North Carolina--Durham
African Americans--Study and teaching
African Americans--Historiography
Blacks--Study and teaching
Blacks--Historiography
College students, Black--North Carolina
African American college students--North Carolina--Durham
Students, Black--North Carolina
African American students--North Carolina
Duke University--Administration
Duke University. Afro-American Society
Duke University--History
College students--Political activity--North Carolina--Durham
Race relations
Durham (N.C.)--Race relations
Student participation in administration
Location
United States, North Carolina, Durham County, Durham, 35.99403, -78.89862
Description
This collection contains the office files of two earlier department directors of Duke University's Department of African and African American Studies, Walter Burford and William Turner; the contents date from 1966-1981. Some earlier names of the program include Black Studies Program, Afro-American Studies, and African and Afro-American Studies. Materials and topics in the collection include course materials for courses taught by Black Studies instructors; the efforts channeled into recruitment of full-time faculty for the program; committee work related to Black Studies proposals and to the program's departmental status; budgets; and printed matter relating to similar programs and problems at other schools.
Contributing Institution
David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
