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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
HONORING THE NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY BLACK ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ON THE OCCASION OF THEIR 50th COMMEMORATION OF THE BURSAR'S OFFICE TAKEOVER AND THEIR CELEBRATION OF THE COMMUNITY THAT SUPPORTED THEM
WHEREAS, the Northwestern University Black Alumni Association's mission is to enhance the life experience of African American alumni, current students and the greater community by providing programs, networking, leadership and public service opportunities. For decades, the NUBAA has been a dedicated voice at Northwestern University that reflects the members' views on issues that affect African American students, faculty, programs and alumni; and
WHEREAS, on May 3 and 4th, the Northwestern University Black Alumni Association's commemorated the 50th Anniversary of the Bursar's Office Takeover; an important and pivotal moment in the University's history and the community's history; and
WHEREAS, on April 22, 1968, members of Black student organizations, For Members Only (FMO) and Afro-American Student Union (AASU), presented a list of demands to the Northwestern University administration in response to discriminatory campus policies and practices and to heighten the awareness of Black student's experiences of racial insensitivity on campus. When the demands were not met, on May 3, 1968, approximately 120 African American students occupied the Bursar's Office, Northwestern University's business office. After a thirty-eight hour demonstration, Black students and the Northwestern University administration came to a resolution of developing advisory boards around the admissions process, recruitment of Black students to the University, review of financial aid packages, and open housing in Evanston, to offer equitable housing options and counseling, and to establish of the Department of African American Studies and a Black student union, today called the Black House; and
WHEREAS, the resolution that resulted is called the "May 4th Agreement," and ...
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