Sponsored by the Black Student Alliance at Yale.

Preface /Armstead L. Robinson -- An introduction to the conference / Charles H. Taylor, Jr. -- The integrationist ethic as a basis for scholarly endeavors / Harold Cruse -- The intellectual validity of studying the black experience / Martin Kilson, Jr. -- The black community and the university : a community organizer's perspective / Maulana Ron Karenga -- Deck the ivy racist halls : the case of black studies / Gerald A. McWorter -- Summary and commentary / Lawrence W. Chisolm -- A student's reflections / Donald H. Ogilvie -- African history and western civilization / Boniface Obichere -- A radical perspective on social science curricula / Nathan Hare -- African influence on the art of the United States / Robert Farris Thompson -- Some thoughts on Afro-American studies / McGeorge Bundy -- On teaching and learning black history / Edwin S. Redkey -- The role of education in providing a basis for honest self-identification / R. Alvin Poussaint -- Summary and commentary / Sidney W. Mintz -- A concluding statement / Armstead L. Robinson -- Reflections / David Brion Davis -- Appendix : Afro-American studies major at Yale.