University of Virginia Library

History Department Offers
New Black Studies Program

An interdisciplinary course on Afro-American
Studies, to be conducted in
part by visiting black lecturers, will be
offered for the first time next semester at
the University.

The Committee on Black Studies
recommended the course which is expected
to be the first part of a new
Afro-American Studies Program.

Recommended to the Dean of the
Faculty last spring by the Black Students for
Freedom, the program has been under study
this fall by the Black Studies Committee.

Paul M. Gaston, Associate Professor of
History, will be the director of the course.
According to Mr. Gaston, it will be unique in
several respects. Its interdisciplinary approach
will be marked by lectures and discussions on
the history of black Americans.

In addition, the course will study black
politics, literature, music, and the sociology and
psychology of race prejudice. Members of
several departments of the University will
participate in the course along with the visiting
black lecturers.

Housed in the History Department - and
numbered HIUS 82 - the course will carry
three credit hours. It has no prerequisites and is
open to all undergraduates.

There will be two lectures and one
discussion period weekly. The lectures have
been scheduled on Mondays and Tuesdays, in
order to accommodate visiting lecturers, from 2
to 2:50 p.m.

Interested students should pre-register for
the course next week.