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
Black Friday (2007 film) Films of the Decade list. It was included in critic and author Shubhra Gupta's book, "50 Films That Changed Bollywood, 1995-2015". Danny Boyle cited "Black Friday" as an inspiration for his 2008 Academy award-winning film "Slumdog Millionaire". He stated that a chase in one of the opening scenes was based on a "12-minute police chase through the crowded Dharavi slum" in "Black Friday". In 2014 filmmaker Vikramaditya Motwane, when asked about the most important films in last decade, replied "Lage Raho Munna Bhai" (2006) and "Black Friday". Black Friday (2007 film) Black Friday is a 2007 Indian docudrama film written