<P> Programs and departments of African - American studies were first created in the 1960s and 1970s as a result of inter-ethnic student and faculty activism at many universities , sparked by a five - month strike for black studies at San Francisco State . In February 1968 , San Francisco State hired sociologist Nathan Hare to coordinate the first black studies program and write a proposal for the first Department of Black Studies ; the department was created in September 1968 and gained official status at the end of the five - months strike in the spring of 1969 . The creation of programs and departments in Black studies was a common demand of protests and sit - ins by minority students and their allies , who felt that their cultures and interests were underserved by the traditional academic structures . </P>
<P> Programs and departments of African - American studies were first created in the 1960s and 1970s as a result of inter-ethnic student and faculty activism at many universities , sparked by a five - month strike for black studies at San Francisco State . In February 1968 , San Francisco State hired sociologist Nathan Hare to coordinate the first black studies program and write a proposal for the first Department of Black Studies ; the department was created in September 1968 and gained official status at the end of the five - months strike in the spring of 1969 . The creation of programs and departments in Black studies was a common demand of protests and sit - ins by minority students and their allies , who felt that their cultures and interests were underserved by the traditional academic structures . </P>
when were afro-american and africana studies programs founded in colleges and universities
when were afro-american and africana studies programs founded in colleges and universities
1960s and 1970s
1960s and 1970s