This is an essay chronicling the history of the black studies major at Grinnell College, with an emphasis on the reasons it had such a short career. It also provides an overview of the CBS (Concerned Black Students) Manifesto of 1971.
This includes two versions of the Concerned Black Students' (CBS) Manifesto, the second of which was submitted to the college as a list of demands on the part of black students on campus. A special faculty meeting was held to discuss the demands, the minutes from which also appear here.
