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Inclusive Scholarship: Developing Black Studies in the United States
Brings together four reports commissioned between 1982 and 2000 that examine the history of African American Studies, its impact, and its institutionalization. Reviews Ford's grantmaking to African American Studies programs from 1982 to 2007
Keynote Lecture
Professor Griffin\u27s major fields of interest are American and African American literature, music, history and politics. She is the author of numerous works, including If You Can’t Be Free, Be a Mystery: In Search of Billie Holiday (Free Press, 2001) and Clawing At the Limits of Cool: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and the Greatest Jazz Collaboration Ever (Thomas Dunne, 2008)