Records of the Association of African and Afro-American Students at Harvard and Radcliffe, 1963-1976.

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Records of the Association of African and Afro-American Students at Harvard and Radcliffe, 1963-1976.

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The records document the history, activities, and interests of this group. The records are organized into three series: general information about the Association, current affairs and interest files, and administrative records. They include newsclippings, flyers and mailings, collected articles, correspondence, meeting agendas and notes, and subject files relating to student activism, recruitment, and affirmative action at Harvard and beyond, among other topics. The records were separated from the papers of Professor Nathan Huggins, W.E.B. Dubois Professor of History and Afro-American Studies and Director of the W.E.B. Dubois Institute for Afro-American Research at Harvard from 1980 to 1989. Presumably, these records were given to Huggins by members of the group or acquired by Huggins in his role as an advisor to the Association. In addition to documenting the Association itself, these records document the relationships between Afro-American groups at Harvard and beyond in the 1960s and 1970s.

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Harvard University Archives.

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Harvard University Archives.

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The Association of African and Afro-American Students of Harvard and Radcliffe, frequently referred to as AFRO, was founded in the spring of 1963 and officially recognized that December. The student group identified itself as Pan-Africanist, and automatically granted membership to any black student at Harvard. The group served both a social and political function, although the emphasis changed from year to year. By 1977, the group was defunct, due to a lack of funding and student support, and ha...