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Department of African and African American studies records, 1966-1981

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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.

Metadata URL
http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/findingaids/uaafro/

Contributing Institution
David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

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1. Box 2, Folder 59: Black faculty and staff at Duke University, 1978

Creator:: Duke University. Department of African and African American Studies
Date of Original:: 1978
Collection:: Department of African and African American studies records, 1966-1981
Contributing Institution:: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

2. Box 1, Folder 5: Afro-American Studies 99, 1977-1979

Creator:: Duke University. Department of African and African American Studies
Date of Original:: 1977/1979
Collection:: Department of African and African American studies records, 1966-1981
Contributing Institution:: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

3. Box 2, Folder 39: President's Council on Black Affairs, 1977-1979

Creator:: Duke University. Department of African and African American Studies
Date of Original:: 1977/1979
Collection:: Department of African and African American studies records, 1966-1981
Contributing Institution:: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

4. Box 2, Folder 58: Spragens, Thomas A. Curriculum Committee [re: name of program]

Creator:: Duke University. Department of African and African American Studies
Date of Original:: 1977
Collection:: Department of African and African American studies records, 1966-1981
Contributing Institution:: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

5. Box 1, Folder 11: ASALH (Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History) Convention 1976, Paul Robeson Film Schedule, 1976-1977

Creator:: Duke University. Department of African and African American Studies
Date of Original:: 1976/1977
Collection:: Department of African and African American studies records, 1966-1981
Contributing Institution:: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

6. Box 1, Folder 48: Chronicle News Articles, 1976-1977

Creator:: Duke University. Department of African and African American Studies
Date of Original:: 1976/1977
Collection:: Department of African and African American studies records, 1966-1981
Contributing Institution:: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

7. Box 1, Folder 6: Afro-American Studies Committee, 1976-1978 (see also Black Studies Committee)

Creator:: Duke University. Department of African and African American Studies
Date of Original:: 1976/1978
Collection:: Department of African and African American studies records, 1966-1981
Contributing Institution:: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

8. Box 1, Folder 9: Allen, Walter, 1976-1977

Creator:: Duke University. Department of African and African American Studies
Date of Original:: 1976/1977
Collection:: Department of African and African American studies records, 1966-1981
Contributing Institution:: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

9. Box 2, Folder 15: Jeffers, Lance, 1976

Creator:: Duke University. Department of African and African American Studies
Date of Original:: 1976
Collection:: Department of African and African American studies records, 1966-1981
Contributing Institution:: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

10. Box 2, Folder 53: Black Studies - Self-Study, 1976

Creator:: Duke University. Department of African and African American Studies
Date of Original:: 1976
Collection:: Department of African and African American studies records, 1966-1981
Contributing Institution:: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

11. Box 2, Folder 56: Special Events, 1976, undated

Creator:: Duke University. Department of African and African American Studies
Date of Original:: 1976
Collection:: Department of African and African American studies records, 1966-1981
Contributing Institution:: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

12. Box 2, Folder 92: Washington, H.R. speech at Duke University (Feb. 25, 1975), "The Criminal Justice System as a Tool of Repression: A Constitutional Overview"

Creator:: Duke University. Department of African and African American Studies
Date of Original:: 1975-02-24
Collection:: Department of African and African American studies records, 1966-1981
Contributing Institution:: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

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