This issue of Contact from September, 1975 features articles about events and organizations at UConn, as well as news concerning racial issues in... Show moreThis issue of Contact from September, 1975 features articles about events and organizations at UConn, as well as news concerning racial issues in the United States and abroad. It announces a course on African writers taught by the celebrated author Chinua Achebe, and highlights a course on Puerto Rican culture offered by the Anthropology department. There are accounts of musical performances by Bobbi Humphrey and William “Smokey” Robinson on campus. The issue also contains an article detailing the role of the Black Community Coordinators at WHUS, a piece on the Minority Business Club at UConn, and an announcement by the Third World Students Union of a list of films they will be showing throughout the semester. UConn students Fatima Cortez El-Mohammed, Eduardo Diaz, Lois Coleman, and Sadu all have poems in this issue, and there are short stories by Heyward Woodward and Steve Fortes. Additionally, there is an article about the Black Muslim sect after the death of Elijah Muhammad, an update on Joan Little’s trial, and information regarding the increase in educational aid by the Ford Foundation. In international news, there is a piece discussing the issues surrounding population growth in developing nations, an article about the flight of Angola’s white population, and information regarding the U.N.’s agreement to ban torture. Furthermore, there is an article detailing the political unrest in Ethiopia, and the Caribbean Spotlight section features an article on the Rastas of Jamaica. Show less