Memoranda, meeting minutes, and typewritten letters concerning the creation of the Afro-American Studies Program at Cornell University. Correspondents include James A. Perkins, W. Keith Kennedy, Benjamin Nichols, Stuart M. Brown, Robert D. Miller, Earl Armstrong, James E. Turner, and others. Also included is a February 1970 issue of Harambee, evidently a local newsletter for the African American community in Ithaca, New York.