Fifth and final article in the series brings the history of African Americans at Princeton up to the present day.
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Tags: African American history, “I Am” movement, Black Arts Company, Black LIves Matter, Brent Henry, Carl A. Fields Center, Cornel West, Daily Princetonian, die-in, Eric Garner, Eric Holmes, Ferguson, Jim Floyd, Joseph Robinson II, Karen Ruffin, Lawrence Hamm, Melanie Lawson, Melvin McCray, Michael Brown, Morgan Jerkins, Naimah Hakim, Nneka Nwosu Faison, Princeton University, Reginald Galloway, Rhinold Ponder, Shriya Sekhsaria, Spencer Merriweather, students
“Affirmative action was the political backdrop of African-American student life on campus in the 1980s, with some students and alumni questioning its place. In the 1990s, the University began examining race relations on campus, while both the Alumni Council and…
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Tags: affirmative action, African American history, Black History Month, Black Thoughts Table, Brent Henry, Center for African American Studies, Charles Brown, Concerned Alumni of Princeton, Daily Princetonian, Eric Holmes, Jim Floyd, Karen Ruffin, Melvin McCray, Nneka Nwosu Faison, Perry LeBlanc, Princeton in Africa, Princeton University, Race Relations Working Group, Report on Campus Race Relations, Rhinold Ponder, Ruth Simmons, Shriya Sekhsaria, Spencer Merriweather, students
The third article in the series considers the effect of co-education, the role of the Third World Center as a social space, and the anti-apartheid divestment movement.
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Tags: African American history, apartheid, Association of Black Princeton Alumni, Brent Henry, co-education, Daily Princetonian, divestment, eating clubs, Jim Floyd, Karen Ruffin, Lawrence Hamm, Melanie Lawson, Melvin McCray, Occupation of Nassau Hall, People’s Front for the Liberation of South Africa, Princeton University, Rhinold Ponder, Robert Goheen, Shriya Sekhsaria, Third World Center
The second article in this series explores the growth in the number of African American students at Princeton, the role of Carl Fields, the first African American administrator, and student activism related to apartheid in South Africa.
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Tags: African American history, Alan Deane Buchanan, apartheid, Association of Black Collegians, Association of Black Princeton Alumni, Brent Henry, Carl A. Fields, Daily Princetonian, divestment, Jim Floyd, Melvin McCray, Paul Carryon, Princeton University, Robert Goheen, Shriya Sekhsaria, students, Students for a Democratic Society, The United Front on South Africa, W. Roderick Hamilton
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