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Black studies programs still fighting for respect on campuses
The Associated Press reports that black studies programs began after Martin Luther King Jr. but still face legitimacy battles over three decades. Professors from Penn State to Harvard note fragile acceptance, with about 200 colleges offering such programs and critics arguing over narrow versus broad scope.
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Martin Luther King Jr
Harvard
Penn State
James Stewart
Stewart
National Council For Black Studies
America
Frederick Douglass
We.b. du Bois
Christopher Lucas
University of Arkansas
Lucas
Nathaniel Norment
Norment
Temple University
The
New Council For Black Studies
Jim McKeown
Newtown
Eli Rolo
Philadelphia
State College