African American student movements

Scope and Contents The materials in this collection document the programs, activities, and community created by and surrounding the Purdue University Black Cultural Center (BCC) from its inception in 1969 up until the present day. It includes publications about the African American community; newspaper clippings and marketing material created by or with the subject of the BCC; photographs of the BCC, its events, students, and staff; speeches delivered by or about the BCC; correspondence between members of the BCC...

Content Description Contain three videos of the 2015 Sagamore Sankofa Award Dinner, which took place on November 7, 2015 in the Purdue Memorial Union. This event celebrated African American alumni who have courageously moved beyond boundaries in their respective careers and communities. It also inaugurated of the Pioneering Purdue Women Award. One video is the full event while another is an abbreviated version of it. The third video is of Frieda Parker Jefferson, Class of 1950. Jefferson was one of the two...

Scope and Contents The Collection of Student Newspapers at Purdue University documents newspapers produced by students at Purdue University and the Greater Lafayette area. It primarily features underground newspapers that reflect the counterculture of the 1960s-1970s. Other newspapers, primarily from the 1990s-2000s, feature varying political perspectives. The collection also includes independent student newspapers that focus on apolitical audiences, such as international students. Some newspaper runs were...