Free Schools, the First Ethnic Studies Programs, and New Ways to LearnMain MenuNew Educational Directions in the 1960sThe Free School Movement and Public Alternative SchoolsSchools-within-schools: Counterbalance at Queen Anne High School, SeattleJames Brown's funk anthems: Say It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud (1968) and People, Get Up and Drive Your Funky Soul (1973)Background to the Strikes at SFSU and UC BerkeleyCommunity Involvement in the Third World Liberation Front StrikesHighlights of the TWLF Demands at UCBThird World Solidarity DayStrike PamphletA Colloquium to Explain the Strike to UC Berkeley ParentsDepartment of Third World Studies Benefit DanceHow to Strike Without Resisting ArrestCollecting Donations for Bail MoneyDemonstration on Sproul Hall PlazaPolice Move InBattling in the Streets for Ethnic Studies ProgramsThe First Ethnic Studies CoursesThird World Liberation Front Demands: UC BerkeleyReading Lists for First Ethnic Studies Courses, UC BerkeleyEthnic Studies 130 Student Caucuses: Independently-Run Interest GroupsRonald Takaki's Solutions for Cultural TransformationUC Berkeley Ethnic Studies Faculty's Experiences in the 1970sAmiri Baraka class on African American LiteratureEthnic Studies Today: Both Challenged and AffirmedHow Ethnic Studies Changed American Scholarship and TextbooksConcluding ThoughtsResources and AcknowledgementsAuthor Bio and Creative Commons LicenseText-to-Image RelationshipCathy Kroll0c0427ebd621fb54b22b23c07748d7202fcfe9c8
Setting out with a research question in mind . . .
1media/Takaki papers_carton.jpg2016-09-11T10:21:08-07:00Cathy Kroll0c0427ebd621fb54b22b23c07748d7202fcfe9c81115211image_header2016-09-12T20:46:34-07:00Cathy Kroll0c0427ebd621fb54b22b23c07748d7202fcfe9c8My question: as a literature professor who teaches quite a lot of world literature--especially postcolonial African literature--I really wanted to know what was on the first ethnic studies syllabi, since this should give us an idea of what was so urgently needed in terms of curricular reform. Ethnic Studies promised to enable students and faculty of color to determine their own reading lists, the manner of approaching the course content, and the particular course projects. In short, my question was: what were students and faculty reading in those early days of the first ethnic studies courses?
