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BC Black Forum Celebrates 50th Anniversary of AADS
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BC Black Forum Celebrates 50th Anniversary of AADS

It was the spring of 1969, and the Boston College Black Forum had just emerged from eight weeks of meetings with BC faculty and administrators. The students had successfully negotiated the creation of a Black Studies program—set to launch the following September—with the goal of expanding BC’s Black student and faculty population.

AADS Plans 50th Anniversary Celebration
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AADS Plans 50th Anniversary Celebration

Created in 1969 in response to advocacy by the Boston College Black Student Forum, the initial African and African Diaspora Studies program—then “Black Studies”—offered only three classes: African Art, The History and Psychological Development of the Black Family, and African Nationalism Since World War II.