Princeton University. Program in African-American Studies

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The program in African-American Studies at Princeton University is a course of study offered to undergraduates at Princeton University, supervised by an interdepartmental committee and taught by faculty from twelve cooperating departments. Organized in 1969 under the title Afro-American Studies, the program was funded early on by generous grants from the Ford Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation. Professors in the program have included such notable names in African-American literature and scholarship as Toni Morrison and Cornel West, who served as chairman from 1988-1994.

From the description of Program in African-American Studies records, 1970-1991. (Peking University Library). WorldCat record id: 74214488

From the guide to the Program in African-American Studies records, 1970-2000, (Princeton University. Library. Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections)

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creatorOf Program in African-American Studies records, 1970-2000 Princeton University. Library. Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections.Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library. Princeton University Archives.
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Active 1991

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