Scope and Contents

Records contain newsletters, clippings, a recruiting proposal, fact sheets and press releases. The material documents the BSU's effort to persuade the university to expand academic course offerings, financial aid, and tutorial programs. It also documents a subsequent confrontation and occupation of a university building and the arrest, expulsion and reinstatement of some of the participants.

Content Description Three issues (volume 1, numbers 1-3) of The Louisville Messenger Newspaper. In the inaugural issue, the staff described the Messenger as "a newspaper published by students of the University of Louisville, with emphasis on the African-American, and our social, political, and economic concerns." The Messenger was free, distributed on campus and to area churches and businesses, and sought to be a forum for African-American analysis, culture, history, and events. It was housed in the Office of...

Brief Description of the Collection

Administrative records for the Office of Black Affairs. These materials were created and maintained to facilitate the operations and management of the unit. Records include academic profile reports and correspondence. Records are arranged in the order in which they were received, and for the most part, the original file names have also been retained.

Brief Description of the Collection Administrative records for the Office of Black Affairs. These materials were created and maintained to facilitate the operations and management of the unit. Records include materials related to the administration of various OBA-sponsored activities like the Black Diamond Choir, tutoring and counseling programs, career guidance services, and others. Records also include financials, publications, and correspondence. Records are arranged in the order in which they were received, and for the...

Brief Description of the Collection

Administrative records for the Office of Black Affairs. These materials were created and maintained to facilitate the operations and management of the unit. Records include monthly and periodic reports, publications, correspondence, meeting minutes, and materials related to the Tutoring program. Records are arranged in the order in which they were received, and for the most part, have retained original file names.

Content Description This collection consists of materials created or collected by the University of Louisvlle Public Information Office. It was originally received in two acccesions. Both included some records relating to the Black Student Union, their calls for increased representation of Black people in the student body, the faculty, and the curriculum, the May 1969 sit-ins in the offices of the University president and the Dean of Arts and Sciences, and the University's response. However, there is...