February 17 1999
The exhibit is sponsored by KU's chapter of the Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History in collaboration with KU's libraries and the Department of African and African-American studies.
Jacob U. Gordon, associate professor of African and African-American studies, is president of KU's ASALH chapter. Gordon also directs KU's Center for Multicultural Leadership.
Books by 10 KU faculty and one former faculty member are displayed, including two books by KU Chancellor Robert E. Hemenway. Gordon and David M. Katzman, professor of American studies, and Bill Tuttle, professor of American studies and of history, each have three books in the exhibit.
The 29 dissertation titles include Shirley A. Hill's 1992 sociology study, "Mothers of children with sickle cell disease; the management of a chronic illness in low-income black families." Temple University Press published Hill's dissertation in 1994. Hill is associate professor of sociology at KU.
Established in 1915, ASALH is based in Washington, D.C., and is committed to education, research and publication about African-American history and culture, Gordon said. In 1998, the first university chapter of ASALH was established at KU.