Afro-American Studies and Research Program.

Program begun in 1969 at the University of Illinois in Champaign, not as a specific department or a major but with twenty five classes offered in various programs, then received a grant in 1981, under the leadership of Dr. Gerald McWorter, to develop a core curriculum. McWorter also founded the Illinois Council for Black Studies and made the U of I a member of the National Council for Black Studies that same year. He started the Afro Scholar Newsletter 1980 which became an international newsletter in 1983.

From the description of Records, 1980-1984. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 47670627