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Black Student Union Demands: The proposed courses of action at the colleges
This article describes at length the colleges’ plan to cultivate a more racially and economically diverse student body and connects that change to the work done by the Black Students Union to bring about this change. The article details the demands…
Black Students Say 'Not Involved' in 2 Campus Bombings
Pictured, from left to right: Danny Wilson, Sen. Mervyn Dymally, Eileen Wilson, and Kevin Wilks. Kevin Wilks is incorrectly identified as John Payton in the article. The press coverage surrounding the February bombings continued to focus on the Black…
Black-Studies Plan Shaped at Claremont
Despite a tense campus atmosphere following demonstrations, the Claremont colleges moved forward with the Black Studies Center in March. The Black Student Union was successful in creating tangible change on the campuses. Specific gains include the…
Blacks Flee Campus After Blasts
The title of this article affirms that the Black Student Union "fled" campus after the Pomona and Scripps campus bombings: a loaded phrasing. The wording captures the tension on campus, and implies that the BSU students feared reprisals against them…
Bomb Victim May Lose Sight; School Helps Negroes Hide Out
The February bombings at Pomona College and Scripps College shocked the whole community. All Black students and faculty evacuated campus following threats of violence from white students. Members of the Black Student Union performed a campus sweep to…
Claremont BSU Class Boycott Apparent Failure
In protest to the lack of response from administration to their ongoing campaign to garner Claremont College support for a Black Studies Center, Black Student Union members called for a rally in front of Pitzer Hall at Claremont Mckenna College on…
Claremont Colleges Vietnam Moratorium Program Oct 15, 1969
This program was handed out at the Claremont Colleges Vietnam Moratorium on October 15, 1969 for both protesters and bystanders to get a deeper understanding of the meaning behind the protest as well as the specific actions and terms that protesters…
Claremont Paves Way For Black Studies Center
The Daily Report, a local newspaper for Ontario and Upland, reported on the Claremont Colleges’ and the Black Student Union joint announcement of the formation of an intercollegiate committee that would work to found a Black Studies Center. The…
Claremont to Attract Minorities
Newspaper article published in August 1968. It discusses the five Claremont Undergraduate Colleges' initiative to attract more students from minority groups, especially Black students. Steps taken included handing out information on the application…