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.
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Admissions counselor Charles J. Stiffler, class of 1964, with students from Iowa Valley Marengo Community High School, and their teacher Gary Morreson.