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"No Meaningful Account"

Mr. Taylor, a member of the
Black Students for Freedom, spoke
about the necessity of a Black
Studies program. Mr. Taylor
claimed that the University offered
"no meaningful account of the
Black man's contribution" to the
nation and that the University's
obligation is not satisfied."

Mr. Taylor explained that, if the
University were to change its
"dirty, lousy, shitty" image, it
would have to set up a program for
Black Studies "within two years."
The three-part program calls for the
establishment of an "institute for
research in Afro-American studies,"
with a black director, an
introductory course in
Afro-American studies taught by a
black man, and graduate and
undergraduate programs in Black
Studies, including courses in literature
and sociology.