The formal movement for the creation of Black Studies in Colleges and Universities started in the
1960’s. In the fervor of the Civil Rights movement, students that had participated in the movement and other intellectuals
that understood the relevance of the movement insisted that the values of civil rights be reflected in the curriculums of
the ivory towers. A turbulent time in higher education history in the United States, when Students
and their supporters resorted to armed struggle to change a slanted curriculum.
Until this point,
higher education’s curriculum had marginalized other American ethnicities. The formal movement started
with San Francisco State College. Other institutions such as the University of California
and Cornell, among others would follow.
Some interviews included in the documentary
are:
Dr Molefi Asante - Author of “Afrocentricity”.
Founder of the first Ph.D program in African American Studies (in the USA) at Temple University.
Dr.
Maulana Karenga - creator of KWANZAA.
Haki Madhubuti -
Publisher, Third World Press, Chicago.
Written and Directed by:
‘Niyi Coker, Jr.
Edited by: Jean-Richard Bodon.
