"The content of black studies is to be relevant, meaningful, and significant to black people. Black studies is to give insights into the historical and contemporary roles of black people, with the objective of improving life in the black community. It can be assumed that improvement of the black life will be an improvement of the lives of other people as well. ... The model that is being generated here is analogous to that of medical scientist-medical doctor. In short, there will be a closer relationship between the pure and applied roles of science, with a greater stress on application of knowledge."
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Maurice Jackson, "Toward a Sociology of Black Studies," Journal of Black Studies, Vol. 1, No. 2 (Dec., 1970), pp. 134
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