[DOC] [TLE] Historical Milestones: Diversity & Inclusion - Northwestern University [PAR] Northwestern University began admitting women in 1869, at the insistence of 
University President Erastus Otis ... 1883: First African American Student ... 
University's Program of African Studies (PAS) in 1948, one of the earliest centers 
of its kind in the United States. ... Learn more on the Program of African Studies 
website. [DOC] [TLE] African-American studies - Wikipedia [PAR] African-American Studies is an interdisciplinary academic field devoted to the 
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student... [DOC] [TLE] Melville J. Herskovits - Wikipedia [PAR] Melville Jean Herskovits (September 10, 1895  February 25, 1963) was an 
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studies in American academia. ... The Program of African Studies was the first of 
its kind at a United States academic institution. The goals of the program were to
... [DOC] [TLE] History of UA | The University of Alabama [PAR] Its first occupant: Basil Manly, University president from 1837 to 1855. .... The first 
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students apply ... The College of Continuing Studies established to provide "
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Program. ... President of the American Sociological Association in 1948 and 
received the ... [Frazier] 1949 textbook The Negro in the United States was the 
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students at Cornell University demand an African-American studies program. [DOC] [TLE] The Fluctuating Fortune of African Studies in the United States [PAR] By Apollos O Nwauwa in Black Studies Or African American Studies and ... of the 
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Question: Begun in 1948, this university's African studies program was 1st of its kind in U.S.
Answer: Northwestern