Why Black Studies? (original) (raw)

Black Studies, (also known as African American Studies, Africana Studies, and Pan African Studies) has its origins in the Black Campus Movements of the late 1960s. Black students and their Native American, Asian American, Latinx, and supportive white allies demanded relevant education that decentered European and Euro-American approaches to education. They desired a more inclusive and relevant education while simultaneously acquiring the knowledge, skills, and knowhow to be change agents in their communities and society at large.

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