An Afro-American Slide Project

Abstract

The Afro-American Slide Project came about as a result of the establishment of a Minor Program of Afro-American Studies in the spring of 1969 at the University of South Alabama. The Minor Program of Afro-American Studies was established for two reasons: 1. To provide all of the students at a predominantly white institution with the opportunity to study, in a systematic way, the experiences, conditions, accomplishments and contributions of people of African ancestry in the United States. 2. To provide the faculty with the opportunity to focus on these experiences, conditions, accomplishments and contributions in order to determine how this information might best be incorporated into coursework which would fairly and adequately treat the participation of this ethnic group in the development of American culture. Consequently, the Minor Program of Afro-American Studies, at the University of South Alabama, will in all probability, have served its primary purpose within the next three years. At that time it will have enabled the development of the kind of coursework described above.

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James E. Conlon

James E. Conlon received both his B.S. and M.A. in Fine Arts degrees from the Ohio State University. He has held positions in the public school systems of Middletown and Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a faculty member at Indiana University for three years, and the University of South Alabama for the past six years. He is an associate professor in the area of sculpture.

James E. Kennedy

James E. Kennedy received his B.S. degree from Alabama State College and his M.A.T. degree from Indiana University. He held both teaching and administrative positions in the Mobile County School System, before joining the faculty of the University of South Alabama in 1968. He presently teaches in the areas of painting, design and Afro-American art history, as well as serving as the Advisor for the minor program of Afro-American Studies.