Early 1960s
Bob Slattery and Ella Hill Hutch formed the San Francisco branch of the Congress on Racial Equality (CORE)
Mid 1960s
Negro Student’s Association (NSA) is formed Black Student Unions (BSU) is formed Slogan “Black Power” was announced in 1966
1968
San Francisco State Strike The Department of Black Studies is established at SF State
1969 to 1973
Over 600 Black Studies programs and departments are created
1984
National Black United Front is formed
1999
Africana Studies Journal
2000
Imhotep Journal
2005
Black Studies Department at SF State changed its name to the Africana Studies Department
2017
Black Unity Center opens
Current Students, Alumni and Faculty in Black Studies Sankofa: Look Back to Look Forward
Professor Emeritus Oba Tshaka's Article
The Department of Africana Studies at San Francisco State University has a long and storied history. The Department has chronicled this history in a series of PDF documents that provide a unique historical account of the events that pushed the department into existence. Furthermore, the transition of the department from Black Studies to Africana Studies is contextualized as well. The following information from the Journal of Pan-African Studies derrives from material written by Dr. Oba T'Shaka.
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Africana Studies Department History: San Francisco State University (PDF)
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