Topic 1.1
The Program for Black Studies: Paradox with a Promise, the first National Council for Black Studies Annual Conference (1975)
![The cover of a conference program of green text on a black background reading [diagonally] "Black Studies: Paradox With a Promise" at left, and a large green question mark with "Who," "Where," "When," and "How" written in the mark. "Black Studies National Conference: Southeastern, U.S.A." at the top and "University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, N.C., March 18-21, 1975" at the bottom](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_large/public/2025-03/NationalCouncilBlackStudies1975_Cover.jpg.webp?itok=sCtj-Wwl)
The program for the first National Council for Black Studies annual conference, Black Studies: Paradox with a Promise, held at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, March 18–21, 1975 (Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture)

The program for the first National Council for Black Studies annual conference, Black Studies: Paradox with a Promise, held at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, March 18–21, 1975 (Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture)

The program for the first National Council for Black Studies annual conference, Black Studies: Paradox with a Promise, held at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, March 18–21, 1975 (Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture)

The program for the first National Council for Black Studies annual conference, Black Studies: Paradox with a Promise, held at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, March 18–21, 1975 (Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture)

The program for the first National Council for Black Studies annual conference, Black Studies: Paradox with a Promise, held at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, March 18–21, 1975 (Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture)
Source: The program for the first National Council for Black Studies annual conference, Black Studies: Paradox with a Promise, held at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, March 18–21, 1975 (Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture)