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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla 92093-0175
Title: UC San Diego. Contemporary Black Arts Program Records
Creator:
University of California, San Diego. Third College. Contemporary Black Arts Program
Identifier/Call Number: RSS 1275
Physical Description:
2.4 Linear feet
(6 archives boxes and 1 map case folder)
Date (inclusive): 1975-1993
Abstract: The records include brochures, correspondence, membership lists, minutes, newspaper clippings, photographs, posters and printed
programs, proposals and reports that document the establishment and growth of the Contemporary Black Arts Program at UCSD.
These records consist chiefly of administrative files from this academic program, friends organization, and Black History
Month celebrations, as well as various publicity materials for events sponsored by CBAP.
Languages:
English
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UC San Diego. Contemporary Black Arts Program records, RSS 1275. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego Library.
Publication rights are held by UC Regents.
The Contemporary Black Arts Program developed from the Cultural Traditions Program at John Muir College in 1979. Strongly
interdisciplinary, the Program was established to satisfy general education requirements, to add richness and diversity to
the process of educating students, and to serve as a means of increasing the involvement of African Americans in university
and local community affairs. In 1979, the Program moved to the Third College, now named Thurgood Marshall College, under the
guidance of Dr. Floyd Gaffney, Professor of Drama. Gaffney continued as Director of the program until his retirement in June
1994.
Since 1981, the Program has offered a Contemporary Black Arts Minor which provides a broad introduction to African American
performing arts. The minor offers lecture, studio, and performance courses. Through the concerted efforts of the faculty and
strong support from university administration, the Program expanded its unique combination of instructional, research, and
performing arts missions throughout the 1980s. The Program's involvement in the planning of Black History Month events and
its successful sponsorship of performances by African American artists attest to its important contributions to the cultural
life of the UC San Diego campus and the surrounding community.
In 2005, Provost of Thurgood Marshall College Dr. Cecil Lytle proposed that the Contemporary Black Arts Minor should be expanded
into an African American Studies Minor (AASM), and it was eventually solidified in the same year. It is now not only a study
of arts, but an interdisciplinary study of the humanities and social sciences, as well.
Scope and Content of Collection
The records of the Contemporary Black Arts Program consist of program files related to its academic administration, publicity
materials for various events sponsored by CBAP, files associated with the participation of the program director, Floyd Gaffney,
in the Black Faculty and Staff Association, subject files concerning African-American education, administrative files of the
Friends of the CBAP, and files documenting the program's involvement with Black History Month celebrations at UCSD.
The materials are arranged in six series: 1) PROGRAM FILES, 2) PUBLICITY MATERIALS, 3) BLACK FACULTY AND STAFF ASSOCIATION
FILES, 4) SUBJECT FILES, 5) FRIENDS OF THE CONTEMPORARY BLACK ARTS PROGRAM FILES, and 6) BLACK HISTORY MONTH FILES.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Photographic prints -- 20th century
Friends of the Contemporary Black Arts Program -- Archives
University of California, San Diego. Black Faculty and Staff Association -- Archives
University of California, San Diego -- Curricula -- Archives
University of California, San Diego -- History -- Archives
University of California, San Diego. Third College. Contemporary Black Arts Program -- Archives