Perspective: African American studies exists to empower Black students and all who oppose white supremacy
, presenting Black Americans as unfit to participate in society, let alone lead. Black students campaigned for curriculum that disproved this mythology, including classes taught by Black teachers and professors. Through groups like the Black Student Union, the student movement focused on campus activism, curriculum, recruiting Black leadership and instilling Black pride.
At the University of Miami, a group known as United Black Students held sit-ins to demand the recruitment of Black students, Black professors, Black coaches and “the inclusion of the curriculum of certain Black-oriented courses.
These actions lent support to a five-months-long strike at San Francisco State College that then led to the creation of the first department of African American Studies in the country. The University of Miami, San José State and San Francisco State College demonstrated that the struggle had moved from HBCUs to include predominantly White institutions .
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