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Black Student Protest in 1968 by Khyla Gaylen Jayla Don and Keya
Black Student Protest in 1968 by Khyla Gaylen Jayla Don and Keya
• List of 7 Demands
2. Wavering of the usual admission standards for Black students from the inner-city areas, who possess the capabilities to function within
academic environment but who do not qualify for admission to the university because of unsatisfactory test scores and high school
standing.
3. The Black students currently enrolled and Black students who may desire to enroll in the university in the future be given the
consideration merited by their unique position in a racist society relative to flunking out of school.
4. Courses in African American history and Black culture be made part of the university curriculum as required courses.
5. The university make available to the Black students of the university a list of all African and African-American students in attendance at
the university.
7. A bureau of Black student's affairs be created which would be composed of facility and Black students.
McKinley "Deacon" Davis
Chance Program
• To meet demands of admitting Black students who showed potential, Rhoten
Smith hired 3 Black staff. One of them being McKinley Davis who became the
Director of Special Programs and the founder of the CHANCE program.
•Funded by a federal program aiming for same thing, Economics Opportunities Grant and
personal loans by First National Bank of Dekalb repayable upon graduation or departure from the
university.
Black Studies Program
• Formally established July 15,1971
• Stemmed from the demand for the establishment of courses dealing with black history and black culture
• Along with it the Center for Black Studies / Black Student Center
• Closely tied to the development of the Chance program, creation of a black faculty organization, Black faculty
giving and supporting other liberation struggles
• One of the primary objectives of the Black Studies Program is to provide the basis for an interdisciplinary major
• Still does not exist
Center for Minority Studies
• Demands 4,5,6
• Established July,1973
• 4 components
• The black studies minor
• Research
• Cultural programing
• Student organizations
• Conducted research and studies on minority studies/black studies programs across the state