African studies

CSUN Celebrates Africana Studies Program Anniversary

In October the community at California State University Northridge celebrated the 46th anniversary of its African American Studies Department, giving students and staff the opportunity to meet the new chair, Sylvia McCauley but more significantly, commemorating the students in 1968 who affected change at the school and who were instrumental in creating the department. “Our Africana studies program was demanded by students who knew the importance of our unique existence in institutions of higher education and is an illustration of collective engagement and determination,” recalled CSUN Africana Studies Professor Cedric D. Hackett. Hackett along with students and faculty of the