Early Black Studies Courses
In the Fall Semester of 1971, Black Studies offered five courses: The Black Experience in the Humanities, Black History to 1877, the Short Story (Emphasis on Black Writers), Black Literature in America, and Oral Traditions of Afro-American Culture.
These courses followed the plan and goals set forth by Wade as well as the Black Studies Advisory Committee.
Milton White’s area of study was political science, so as he drafted courses for Spring 1972, he incorporated classes that highlighted the intersections of Black Studies and Political Science.
For the Spring Semester of 1972, the Department would offer the Black Experience in the Social Sciences, Black History to 1877, Black Literature in America, the Politics of Black Liberation in America, International Relations of Black America, and Rhetorical Analysis of Afro-American Documents. [1]