History of the Department

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{"value"=>"<p>Subseries chronicles the five main periods in the development of the department under Guinier's leadership: Formation of the Department, the First Year of the Afro-American Studies Department (AASD), the Committee to Review AASD, the First Three Year Report, and Development of AASD from 1976 to 1982. Formation of the Department includes a chronology of events leading to the founding of AASD, minutes of the Rosovsky Committee, a December 1969 report of the Afro- American Studies Subcommittee appointed by the Faculty Senate, working papers of an ad-hoc committee of black students and student-developed curriculum materials for the \"Free University\" project operated by the students during the April 1968 strike. Files of the Standing Committee to Develop Black Studies include correspondence with dean Dunlop and Committee chairman Richard Musgrave, minutes, progress reports, and various checklists of black writers, black candidates in the arts and blacks with doctorates in economics. Also included are course outlines, curriculum development notes, files for possible teaching fellows and instructors, and a widely distributed report documenting the first year of the department.</p>"}

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  1. Chronology
  2. Formation of the Department [3/1]
  3. Standing Committee on Afro-American Studies [5/1]
  4. First Year of AASD [6/1]
  5. Committee to Review AASD [8/1]
  6. First Three Years Report of AASD [4/1]
  7. Consultants' Review
  8. Departmental Evaluation
  9. All Day Review Session
  10. Review of Undergraduate Education
  11. Visiting Committee of the Board of Overseers
  12. Afro-American Studies Department [7/1]