Case Study: Black Studies Program at the University of Puget Sound
Part One: The Catalyst
In 1968, Students from the University of Puget Sound BSU write a letter to President Thompson critiquing the academic curriculum of the University. They call for the President to build an academic curriculum that accounts for black students on campus and their history and place within society.They write---
“Black Students want an education that teaches the true history of Afro-Americans and our role in the Present day society.”
“Black Students are responded to Stimuli created by society”
It is likely that a "local stimuli" is the “Now, Mr. Lincoln?” campaign for black business owners as a way to support them within the community and economic hard times. The Key events on campus demonstrate the continual awareness of black voices in society among Puget Sound students in particular.
“UPS stands at the cross roads where it must choose between a truly great representative university or a perpetrator of Afro-Americans second-class citizens.”
“We must change the educational institutions of this country by any means necessary…”
BSU students administer a "call to action" for the university and demonstrate an effective rhetorical style, an ultimatum which the students name the "Black Curriculum"
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