Demand for Black Studies Programs Creates Fierce Competition for Negro Instructors
The push for ethnic studies on campuses has sparked a fierce race to recruit Black scholars. Students, faculty, and donors clash over creating programs, departments, and centers while fears mount that top talent will flee Southern colleges. Prominent figures like St. Clair Drake and Harvard leaders weigh the risks of faculty exodus, funding gaps, and student power shaping the emerging field.
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American Council On Education
St. Clair Drake
Roosevelt University
Chicago
Stanford
Drake
Harvard
George Washington University
Operation Get Smart aims to steer youths from crime
In Enfield Connecticut three inmates Bill Ron and Leo speak to over 700 high school students about prison life to deter them from crime The pilot program from the Department of Corrections partners inmates with schools to deliver firsthand stories and warn youth that laws must be obeyed The organizers hope to visit more schools statewide over four years to broaden the impact and reduce vandalism and crime among youths
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UPI
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Connecticut
State Department of Corrections
Ron
Leo
Enfield High School
National Network
Ellis C. MacDougall
MacDougall
South Carolina
Inferior High Schools Seen As a Cause of College Riots
In Manning South Carolina Billie Fleming head of the local NAACP links desegregation to college unrest noting Manning Training School trains students who then struggle at white colleges. Plaintiffs seek one combined high school with zoned grammar centers. Desegregation followings show gains in Black voter registration and Head Start expansion with mixed white and Black participation.
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Clarendon County
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Nixon
Office of Economic Opportunity
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