Negro Digest - Freedom Archives

1 . Independent African Civilization
2 . Slavery
3 . Colonialism
4 . Neo-colonialism
5 . Independent African World
Each of the areas is designed to
provide the student with a knowledge
of the historical, social, economic
and political framework of
Black existence both in this hemisphere
and on the continent .
The second section of the curriculum
is set up to give intensive
training in some of the basic skills
needed to build self-reliance for
Black people . These skilled areas
are :
1 . Food scientists
2 . Architects
3 . Medics
4 . Engineers
5 . Black Expressionists
6 . Teachers
7 . Communications technicians
There are also community seminars
which are offered weekly by students
or instructors at the University
.
The student body at Malcolm X
Liberation University is made up of
40 regular day students and approximately
25 who attend the
night seminars . These students represent
a wide range of geographical
areas from Massachusetts down the
East Coast and into Mississippi .
There is also a wide range in their
educational backgrounds . Most of
them have had some experience
working in the Black community,
organizing neighborhood problem
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groups or organizing youth groups .
Students with rural backgrounds
have worked in such enterprises as
co-ops and simple farming . Many
of the students' backgrounds show
that they dropped out or were
asked to leave their former schools
and colleges for political activism .
Because of these varying backgrounds,
innovative teaching and
learning methods are of a necessity
at the University .
The Malcolm X Liberation University
experience is a young one
still . There have been, and there are
still, some difficult hurdles to overcome
. But those who are attending
and working with the University
are very serious about Black liberation
. This seriousness is reflected
in a statement which was
made public prior to the official
opening by Howard Fuller, the
main organizer and present head of
the University :
"We view Malcolm X Liberation
University as an integral part of the
Black community ; therefore, we
will be involved in any activities
affecting the community .
There will be neither guns nor
drugs of any kind in the building
. . . therefore, if this building is
invaded by so-called law officers of
a federal, state, or local variety on
the pretext of looking for guns and
dope, it will be just that-a pretext.
. . . We will be about educating
Black people . This building
will serve as a base for that education
. We will not take any invasion
of it lightly . We will consider any
March 1970 NEGRO DIGEST