Black history introduced
By IRENE ECONOMOUS
Kanan Staff Writer
Student interest has led to the creation of a new course at KU American Negro History, with an enrollment of 300 students.
an enlightenment in an environment. Last fall a small discussion class on Negro history was originated as a result of many requests by students in Oliver College. William Tuttle, assistant professor of history, who has an intense research and teaching interest on the subject, conducted the first class.
"Many more students, at least a hundred, could have been enrolled in the original course if there had been enough room," said Professor W. Stitt Robinson, chairman of the history department.
Co-author of many books, among them "The Negro Wage Earner," Greene is also the author of one of the books used for the course "The Negro in Colonial New England."
Evidence of such widespread interest, in addition to a small black student demonstration last spring, led to the selection of Lorenzo Greene, professor at Lincoln University, Jefferson City, Mo., one of the outstanding black scholars in America today to teach the history course.
Greene is currently a member of the faculty at Lincoln University. He commutes to Lawrence for the class which meets Tuesdays from 2:30 to 4:20 p.m.
Greene said he intends to pursue not only an African based cultural history of the American Negro, but also African origin. He will then examine the contribution of the American Negro to all phases of American life. The Negro experience in America will be explored in socio-economic aspects, in the armed forces, sciences, arts, etc.
"The white student," he said, "needs this course just as much as the black student. Both blacks and whites have much too little knowledge of the subject."
Greene said this course is for everyone-not just black students.
Commenting on the need for knowledge of this subject, John Hedrick, Kansas City sophomore, said: "It seems this area has been neglected for a long time. It has been supressed and ignored. It's about time we had a course on the subject."
"The Negro plays an important part in society and everyone would benefit if they knew more about his background instead of just his present situation," said Nancy Treadway, Buffalo Grove, Ill., sophomore.
"I really don't know anything about the American Negro," said Pam Miller, Overland Park sophomore. "I feel I can't talk about the situation today because I really don't have the knowledge to back up my opinion."
Prof. Greene plans to expand on the civil rights movement later in the course, but does not plan to dwell on current problems more than any other phase of Negro history.
"This is not a course on black activism," Greene emphasized.
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One of the important concepts Greene said he wishes to reinforce is the Negro's importance to American society.
"The Negro is interwoven into the fabric of American life," Greene said. "It must be realized the Negro has a heritage and has been a real factor in contributing to American culture," he said.
Robinson concurs with Greene on the necessity of having a Negro history program.
"The need for these courses is evident in order to provide information that will better balance the teaching of the history of the United States," he said.
Greene said the recent inception of Negro history programs resulted from current civil rights and black activist movements. This, however, was not the truth at KU. The present courses in Negro history were the result of planning last fall.
One problem concerning the implementation of Negro history programs at KU and all over the country is the relative lack of trained and well-informed personnel.
drained of their talents. Negro history must be taught, but not at the expense of taking instructors away from black institutions," Tuttle said.
"A big problem is the fact that in securing professors knowledgeable on the subject, many black universities are
One solution would be to open the field to competent white professors. "There is no reason why a white man can't teach Negro history if he is well-trained and is honest," Tuttle said. "A black man may bring some insights into the subject which a white man could not, but the white man could still teach the subject effectively."
At least one student expressed a desire to evaluate the matter. Mary Ish, Rockfor, Ill., sophomore, said, "I took professor Tuttle's course last semester. I took Professor Greene's course because I wanted the experience of being taught under both a black and
white instructor."
KU has expanded by introducing Negro history into its curriculum, but courses dealing with blacks and black-white relations are still relatively few.
KU has 11 courses dealing with the Negro. There are two in both the political science and religion departments; one in the speech and drama department; one in sociology; one in anthropology; one in American studies; one in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; and two in the history department since the edition of Negro history.
"Additional courses in the field of Negro history and other minority groups will be continued in the history department," Robinson said.
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