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Black Student Union Newsletter And Subsequent Flyers Oct. 1968, Black Student Union Oct 1968

Black Student Union Newsletter And Subsequent Flyers Oct. 1968, Black Student Union

Black Student Union

A BSU Newsletter from October 24, 1968 calling members to attend Black Thursday, Oct. 31, 1968 to protest the selection of White, blonde women as Homecoming Queen candidates. The newsletters asks BSU members to handout flyers and write on blackboards to promote the event. The newsletter also mentions the BSU's takeover of the Buchanan Street project SWAP, a Thanksgiving food drive, a tutoring at Sacred Heart Grammar School and a meeting at Joe Marshall's house the upcoming Saturday.

The two following pages are flyers from the Irish Student Union and the Black Student Union protesting the "institutional ethnic prejudice in …


Urban Life Institute Newsletter August 1968, Joe E. Marshall Jr. Aug 1968

Urban Life Institute Newsletter August 1968, Joe E. Marshall Jr.

Black Student Union

This is a newsletter from the Urban Life Institute of USF from August 19, 1968. The newsletter includes an estimate of incoming Black students, the Black Student Union's involvement with Upward Bound, the first planned Black Cultural Week at USF, a BSU tutoring program, and an attempt at securing office space for the BSU.


"Listen White America" Commissioner Arricale Speaks, The Maine Campus May 1968

"Listen White America" Commissioner Arricale Speaks, The Maine Campus

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

"Listen White America, really listen for a change. You can go to war overnight, you can go to the moon almost overnight, and you'd better build a city overnight, because the ghetto Negroes are out on the streets now but I don't know where they will be tomorrow," Frank C. Arricale, New York City deputy housing commissioner, made this appear during his lecture, "The Long Hot Summer" Wednesday evening, May 1, in the Maine Lounge of the Memorial Union.


Organizational Plan Of The Black Student Union And First Bsu Ballot 1968, Black Student Union Jan 1968

Organizational Plan Of The Black Student Union And First Bsu Ballot 1968, Black Student Union

Black Student Union

Planning notes and format of University of San Francisco's Black Student Union, created in 1968. This group of documents includes the planned format, officers, an organizational flowchart of the BSU members, and the first BSU ballot from Tuesday, September 10th 1968.