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	Black Studies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		While the Program's primary focus is the study of the Black experience in North America, fundamental to this enterprise is a recognition of the triangular relationship between Africa, the Caribbean and the United States.
		The Black Studies curriculum is administered by a faculty committee and the director of the Center for Black Studies.
		A study of the experience of Blacks in America with emphasis on the African heritage, slavery, Civil War and Reconstruction, the policies of discrimination, the shift to urban life, the rise of the ghetto, and the age of protest and change.
	www.denison.edu /catalogs/2001/blackstudies.html (2942 words)

	U.S. Department of Labor -- History -- Black Studies in the Department of Labor, 1897-1907
		The cast of characters in the drama of fl studies at the Department of Labor was large.
		While Du Bois was studying fls in Farmville for the Department of Labor, he was selected as a professor in sociology at the University of Atlanta and given the responsibility of directing a thoroughly scientific investigation of the conditions of fl life.
		His study of fl landholders in Georgia, based on careful analysis of primary source documents, was made up of painstakingly developed tables of statistics and maps of Georgia showing fl population county by county for each decade between 1790 and 1890.
	www.dol.gov /oasam/programs/history/blackstudiestext.htm (6862 words)

	YSU - Black Studies
		Black Studies is an interdisciplinary course of study intended to provide students with an understanding of the historical, social and cultural impact of people of African descent.
		Black Studies graduates work in community health services, at community action councils all over the country, as minority affairs representatives in business and industry, in both labor and management relations, and in minority affairs agencies of local, state, and federal government.
		Black Studies majors have a unique opportunity to meet and host these outstanding men and women and to learn about their experiences in business, literature, entertainment, politics and life.
	www.as.ysu.edu /~blkst (1233 words)

	Black Studies: Profiles of Great African Americans You Should Know (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		He was so adept at writing verse in Black dialect that he became known as the "poet of his people," while also cultivating a white audience that appreciated the brilliance and value of his work.
		The cooperative movement allowed Blacks to leave the plantations where they were sharecroppers and set up their own farms in a cooperative manner where they profited from the farms together.
		Despite the pioneering efforts of many Black writers and scholars, the systematic treatment of Black history was not achieved until 1915 when Carter G. Woodson, an ex-coal miner and school teacher, organized the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History.
	www.black-collegian.com /african/aaprofil.shtml (4952 words)

	Black Studies—Origins
		Black Studies is rooted in the social visions and struggles of the 60’s
		Black Studies advocates attributed the low number of fls on campuses to racist exclusion to maintain the white monopoly on critical knowledge and to thwart the rise of a fl intelligentsia capable of effectively leading and serving fls.
		Afrocentric theory argues that Black Studies is not simply a body of datat but also a way of approaching and interpreting data (from an Afrocentric perspective).
	www.geocities.com /drhym/AFAM/Black_Studies_origins.htm (542 words)

	CNN.com - Black studies: Fighting for respect - January 21, 2002
		Black studies programs and degree-granting departments -- often called African and African-American studies, or some variation -- are now offered at about 200 colleges and universities, Stewart says.
		Black studies have amplified knowledge about figures like Frederick Douglass and W.E.B. Du Bois, unearthed the literature of slaves and explored the impact of the slave economy, the role of fl churches and the complexity of fl society.
		Academic study of fl life began in the early 1900s, Nathaniel Norment notes in his book, "The African American Studies Reader." By the 1930s, it was the subject of courses at historically fl as well as white colleges, says Norment, chairman of African-American studies at Temple University.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/fyi/teachers.ednews/01/21/black.studies.ap (921 words)

	The Black Studies Movement (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		With this status quo feeding uncertainty, fear, and alienation, the foundation for the Black Studies Movement is laid.
		The Black Studies Movement refers to the endeavors of the time, but it is, in fact, a component of the much larger Africana Studies Movement.
		Blacks began matriculating in predominately white colleges and universities, but they felt neglected by the programs of study and the faculty.
	www.geocities.com /c_dawnwilliams/blk_stdies_mvmnt.html (1234 words)

	The Chicago Blog: Black Studies Archives
		Her focus is the work that more affluent members of the fl community are doing to lift historically impoverished and dilapidated neighborhoods out of abject poverty—and the tensions that arise between poorer and middleclass fls when they do so.
		Black on the Block explores the often heated battles between haves and have-nots, home owners and apartment dwellers, and newcomers and old timers as they clash over the political implications of gentrification and reaching out to white economic power bases.
		According to Glaude, fl politics have grown increasingly stagnant and even ineffectual because of their basis in the sufferings and indignities of the past instead of the real-live obstacles of the present moment.
	pressblog.uchicago.edu /subjects/black_studies (1557 words)

	BLACK STUDIES
		The Black Studies Department’s distinguished faculty are, without exception, nationally and internationally recognized scholars in their fields of specialization.
		Required coursework in fl studies and related departments provides students with the background and expertise to succeed in rapidly changing work environments and better serve the increasingly diverse communities in which we live.
		Black studies students are also encouraged to contact the Office of Academic Affairs to obtain a copy of the PSU Scholarship Handbook, (503) 725-5251.
	www.blackstudies.pdx.edu /About_black_studies.htm (684 words)

	Black Studies Course List
		Students electing to minor in Black Studies are to inform the Director of Black Studies of their intention as early as possible by completing the Declaration or Change of Minor form and submitting it to the Director.
		Black Studies courses selected to fulfill the requirement of a minor in Black Studies shall be selected from a minimum of three different department or disciplines.
		The transfer of Black Studies credit is subject to the approval of the Director of Black Studies or of a person or persons designated by the Director.
	www.csuohio.edu /blackstudies/minortext.htm (496 words)

	Black Cohosh Studies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Few studies were placebo controlled, and most assessed symptoms by using the Kupperman index-a scale that combines measures of hot flashes, insomnia, and depression but not vaginal dryness.
		Although these study results suggest that fl cohosh may help relieve menopausal symptoms, studies of fl cohosh have yielded conflicting data, in part because of lack of rigor in study design and short study duration (6 months or less).
		In addition, interpretation of these studies is complicated by the fact that different amounts of fl cohosh from different sources were used in the various studies and their outcome measures were different.
	www.womenshealth.com /library/blackcohoshstudies.html (759 words)

	1000 Introduction to Black Studies
		Trends to be studied include the movement toward literary assimilation in the 1940s-1950s and the subsequent movement toward fl art in the 1960s to the present.
		Black life is considered with regard to historical background and geographical factors, and in comparison to white and Native American experience.
		3920 Black Aesthetics (3) This is a critical study of the theories of artistic beauty and their application in the poetic, fictional and dramatic works of Afro-Americans from the 18th century to the present.
	www.unomaha.edu /wwwblst/ugdescription.htm (1854 words)

	SUNY New Paltz: Black Studies
		Black Studies is a multi disciplinary major devoted to the exploration and analysis of the history and culture of African people in the United States, Caribbean, and Africa.
		It seeks to define the Black experience from an African and Afro-American centered perspective rather than Euro-centric perspective, to illuminate the contribution of African people to world culture and to correct a traditional approach to the study of world history that has tended to bypass the Black Diaspora experience.
		It may be utilized as the foundation for graduate studies in all areas of social sciences, including history, sociology, political science and the study of law; it provides a background for students interested in the field of social welfare as a vocation it provides added dimension for those seeking careers in government and foreign services.
	www.newpaltz.edu /blackstudies (340 words)

	BEST - Black European Studies - - Informations
		Black Europeans are thus often consigned to the role of foreigner“ instead of being conceived as part of the plurality of a new united Europe.
		Yet if one considers the history of Black Europe in its totality, along with differences that derive from the specificities of national history it is possible to discern important commonalities which on the one hand contradict the thesis of divergent experiences and on the other define colonialism as central also for history inside of Europe.
		Since the various Black populations of Europe are increasingly subjected to the same conditions (and confront an ever more homogeneous image of a Europe which up to now has excluded its non-white residents), a comparative study of these populations is of crucial scholarly importance and urgently demands a transnational approach.
	www.best.uni-mainz.de (660 words)

	Black Studies Center
		Black Studies Center is a leading tool that supports research, teaching, and learning in Black Studies and other disciplines that benefit from a more detailed coverage of the fl experience such as history, literature, political science, sociology, philosophy, and religion.
		At its core is Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience™, a series of topical studies help define the development of Black Studies as an academic field.
		Historical and current; primary and secondary; popular and scholarly; objective fact and subjective context…studies, newspapers, and periodicals…the ever-growing Black Studies Center is ideal for everyone from academic researchers to young people just beginning to explore the field.
	www.il.proquest.com /products_pq/descriptions/bsc.shtml (220 words)

	Other Resources \| Black Studies
		Black World Today -- Purpose is to chronicle the daily, political, cultural, and economic realities of fl communities and countries.
		Western Journal of Black Studies -- Online journal designed to provide easy access to the most current colume and the volumes of the past two years.
		Black Film Center/Archive -- The Black Film Center/Archive (BFC/A) is a repository of films and related materials by and about African Americans.
	www.wm.edu /blackstudies/links.php (971 words)

	Cleveland State University \|\| The Black Studies Program
		Black Studies celebrates the struggles and accomlishments of African-American heroes and examines their social significance in contemporary culture.
		This interdisciplinary academic program consists of approximately 89 Black Studies courses offered by 20 different departments which are housed in four different colleges of the University.
		A major in Black Studies is being established.
	www.csuohio.edu /blackstudies (300 words)

	Black Studies
		Black Studies provides a foundation for understanding fl experiences in the United States, as well as an appreciation for the rich traditions of Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean.
		There are close ties to the Illinois Committee for Black Concerns in Higher Education, the Association for Black Culture Centers (ABCC) and with the National Council for Black Studies.
		Since Black Studies research has been widespread for less than a half century, the resources you discover—and the conclusions you draw—may be previously unexamined and provide a source of help for future studies in the field.
	www.knox.edu /blackstudies.xml (522 words)

	Struggle at the center of U.S. black studies
		For 20–30 minutes apiece, each panelist frankly discussed his or her own often personal struggles in establishing a field of study in atmospheres that rarely were conducive to change.
		William Nelson, professor of fl studies and political science at Ohio State, spoke of how the program could be used as a tool.
		James Turner, sociology and Africana studies professor at Cornell, discussed fl studies’ struggle against the entrenched culture and power structure of what he called “white institutions.” One of his most interesting vignettes was a story about when he was a student at Northwestern and inquired about starting an African American literature course.
	www.emory.edu /EMORY_REPORT/erarchive/2002/February/erFeb.25/2_25_02aapanel.html (525 words)

	index (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The purpose of the Black Studies Program is to introduce students to the history, culture and society, and political and economic conditions of Black people in Africa, the Americas, and elsewhere in the world; and to explore new approaches--in perspectives, analyses and interdisciplinary techniques--appropriate to the study of the Black experience.
		Black Studies has often stood in critical relation to the traditional disciplines.
		The courses in the Black Studies Program at Swarthmore enhance the liberal arts tradition of the College, acknowledging positivist, comparative, progressive, modernist and post-modernist, post-colonial and Afrocentric approaches.
	www.swarthmore.edu /Humanities/blackstudies (122 words)

	Newsday.com - Reviewing Black Studies
		Africana studies was elevated to departmental status at Stony Brook in 1998.
		McAdoo said this threatens fl studies departments because their courses would not fall within the core curriculum and are therefore less likely to attract students.
		But defenders of fl studies reject assertions that the field is divisive or can be dismissed as ethnic boosterism.
	www.goacta.org /press/articles/Newsday/Newsday2-04-02.htm (1036 words)

	Black Studies: Courses
		Black Studies 102 counts as an IDPT course and may satisfy distribution requirements in either Social Studies/History or Literature/Philosophy/Arts.
		Black Studies 112 is an IDPT course and may be used to satisfy the distribution requirement only in Litrature/Philosophy/Arts.
		This course is designed to emphasize both the distinctiveness of fl literary forms and their often critical and transformative dialogue with elements of the dominant culture.
	www.wooster.edu /black_studies/courses.html (2413 words)

	Black Studies — DePauw University (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The faculty members are represent a synthesis of the subject areas involved — history, literature, music, cultural studies, gender studies, political science, and religion.
		Black Studies first emerged on college campuses in the midst of the Civil Rights and Black Power Movements of the 1960s.
		Black Studies has produced a substantive body of interdisciplinary and multicultural scholarship that has challenged standard interpretations of history, culture and race.
	www.depauw.edu /acad/black (203 words)

	Black Studies
		All students majoring in Africana Studies will be required to complete a program consisting of core courses and electives with concentrations in the areas of the Humanities and Behavioral and Social Sciences.
		The objectives of the Africana Studies curriculum include developing the skills to apply logical, artistic and scientific principles to the study of culture from the context of an African World view.
		The Africana Studies Minor is available for students desiring a program of study which is coherent but not as extensive as the Bachelor of Arts degree program.
	www.sfsu.edu /~ethnicst/BLS.html (608 words)

	Black studies on the move \| csmonitor.com
		Many fl students were also vocal and angry in calling for courses more relevant to their experiences.
		Still, they say, while fl studies programs may not always hew to their original goals, they have helped put fl concerns and the fl experience into many disciplines and have influenced the world of higher education in other ways as well.
		Junior says her fl studies classes created for her both an intellectual awakening and a support system she badly needed as a fl woman at a largely white school.
	www.csmonitor.com /2002/0212/p11s02-lehl.html (1458 words)

	Black Studies, Rap, and the Academy. - book reviews African American Review - Find Articles
		For Baker, the principal contribution of rap music and Black Studies is their respective oppositions to mainstream, white, American popular culture and universities.
		Baker's "post-structuralist" account of Black Studies seems to be in tension with his Levi-Straussian, binary structuralist analytical methods, which frame both Black Studies and rap music in opposition to mainstream institutions.
		The most valuable aspect of Baker's study is his improvised description of the great distance between fl American communities and elite American universities illuminated by the arrival of fl students from inner cities.
	findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m2838/is_n2_v31/ai_20051227 (622 words)

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