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The historical religion programs in this collection came from the archives, library shelves, and back rooms of many organizations. Faith groups represented include African Methodist Episcopal, Baptist, Episcopal, Lutheran, Mennonite, Methodist, Presbyterian, Quaker, Roman Catholic, Salvation Army, United Church of Christ, United Methodist, and others. The majority, 1,031 recordings, are from United Methodist national agencies, annual conferences, seminaries, and other sources.
This SoundTheology online archive is an independent service of Audio-Rescue.com, provided in conjunction with the United Methodist General Commission on Archives and History (GCAH). Many of these programs would have been lost forever if not saved in this project. The originating institutions have made the recordings available for public access to further private study, scholarship, and research. They retain the rights to the recordings.
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Are Black Studies for Blacks Only?
Speaker(s): Roy S. Bryce-Laporte, Del Shields (host)
Description: Dr. Roy S. Bryce-Laporte (1933-2012) was a sociologist who established one of the first African-American studies departments. He was born and raised in the Republic of Panama, of a family of mixed West Indian and African ancestry. Bryce-Laporte taught at Hunter College at CUNY and then at Yale, before becoming the founding director of Yale's department of African-American studies, established in 1969. After Yale, Bryce-Laporte taught at a variety of institutions including College of Staten Island at CUNY, Syracuse University, Catholic University of America, Howard University, University of Pennsylvania, and Colorado College. He was the founding director of Smithsonian Institution's Research Institute on Immigration and Ethnic Studies. Here he talks with Del Shields and callers about the reasons for academic programs on Black Studies. Bryce-Laporte also tells callers these programs are not for Black students only, and some classes have many White students enrolled. He hopes the programs will be extended into High Schools as well.Length: 59:05
Recording Date: June 16, 1969
Recorded at: WRVR Radio Studio, New York City