This issue of Contact from December, 1976 features an article about goals of the student organization, Black Students for Progressive Thought, an... Show moreThis issue of Contact from December, 1976 features an article about goals of the student organization, Black Students for Progressive Thought, an announcement for the upcoming newsletter “What’s Happening,” and a piece on the issues facing the Office of Minority Affairs. Also included is a New York Times editorial about the debate on Puerto Rican independence and a response by UConn professor Scott Cook. There is an interview with student trustee Bob Wiggins, a piece on the new director of the NAACP, and a book review of “Against Our Will: Men, Women and Rape” by Susan Brownmiller. There is also an announcement of the tutoring offered by the Black Freshman Student Union, a poem by Fatima Cortez El-Mohammed, and information about the dance ensemble “Jazz Movers.” This issue contains accounts of UN week at UConn, including articles from Professor Thorkelson and Professor Faris. In addition, there is an article about Eldridge Cleaver and his talk at UConn, a piece on UConn’s Black Voices of Freedom Gospel Choir, and an account of Senator Julian Bond’s keynote address at UConn. Also included is a piece about the International Situation, War and Revolution conference, and a discussion of Henry Kissinger’s trip to southern Africa. Show less
