The Black Scholar a Black Studies program, the first in the United States, and to write a proposal for a department of Black studies, which Black students wanted to have as a fully independent department. As a consequence of a five-month student-faculty strike, the first and the longest strike for Black studies in the US academy, Hare, who was arrested twice for activities during the strike, was fired and Chrisman was removed as a professor from tenure track. The strike experience motivated Chrisman and Hare to create a venue outside of the academy for Black knowledge production. In November 1969, Hare (publisher), Chrisman
The Black Swan (Story of the Year album) on April 22. Between June and August, the band performed on the 2008 edition of Warped Tour. "Message to the World" impacted radio on July 1. Critical reception for The album was generally positive, and the album did fairly well commercially. It debuted on the UK rock charts at number 6 and at number 18 on the US "Billboard" 200 chart, selling about 21,000 copies in its first week. All lyrics written by Dan Marsala and Adam Russell, all music composed by Story of the Year The Black Swan (Story of the Year album) The Black Swan is the third