Black Panther Party of Northern California - Freedom Archives

additional courses in music, physical
education, health-education, anthropology,
literature, African l;ar~guage, and
sociology may be offered in-the futuxe .
The new Afro-American degree has been
under study for segeral years, and has
been . fs~xmxLLxy requested , by a group of
Afro-American students on Merritt campus,
and supported by sotn~ of the Afro-
American organizatipns in the community.
The content of the t~~`wci3Yriculum'"was
recommended: by a committee . of students,
faculty, and administration after a
study of suggestions from members of
the faculty, students and the community
The committee recommended that the A .A .
degree be established as soon as possible
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BAY AREA BLACK ARTIST RENOUNCES
(Toronto, Canada) On December T, 167
Muslim poet-playwright Nazzam A1 Sud n
(P4arvin X . Jackmon) renounced his Uniterr.
States citizenship A, member of the P"Ta-ti~n
of Islam, Brother Nazzam maj~~red n'
English Lxferature and' creative {writing
a,~ San Francisco Stan~ college until ~i~
has draft~ .d in June, 196' . At that time ;
he dropped out of college and co-founded'-
(along with playwright Ed Bullins and Ac--~
tor, Hillery X . Broadous) Black Arts West
Theater, San Francisco . The theater
produced his two one-act plays "F"lovu~~s'
for the Trashman°' and °'Come Next Summex °° :'
Earlier this year, Brother Nazzam worked
with poet-playwright Leroi Jones on ;:1
communa;cat.ions project in the Black c' ~~ i=' '
munity of San Francisco, sponsore~~ b~ :',.zE
Black Students U.n. :ior~ . of San .~rar.c;isc ~ '
State CoJLlege . I~iis, writings ` lza :je~,
geared in 81~ck Dialogue, Soul .'3colc,'
hammad Speaks, and the Journal of F31a .~' .
Poetry . He is a contributi~~g .ec?.ito
the .journal of B:Lack Poetry . ~ w
tion of his poems appear under thc~: t :
"Sudan RajuLi Samia or Black PQan ~ _ _~ .
aran: a co-1lec~ion of his though~e~ o : .
tional Libexation "Black Dialectics'°, ~~.
The following is the full s'ta~eznc'=~ ~
Tdazzam Al' Sudan presente~~ to ti~i2' '.J . '~~~
Cori~ul : °°I renounce my so-called ~inericari
citizenship because the LTnite~ S~"a'tes
o%? .t~merica N" has att3Qmpted by ac~ioRz al~d.
inaction o depriv"` me and my brothQrs
and sist~'rs ; the 3 'to . ~b mi1J~~ion ~ogalled
Ne~.grocs, be~t~s~~r~ kngwn as Asia~ic
Black Peoples, of life, liberty, and. the
pursuit of'happines ."