The “Featured Collections” page highlights participating institutions’ collections. Each month we put the focus on one institution, where we display links to all of their collections that are related to student activism and social justice. These collections are either full, partial, or both.
Each institution’s page will be updated as more collection assessments are processed and linked out when they are available. Find other featured collections below.
Featured Institution: University of Rhode Island
To date, the University of Rhode Island Archives has two African American collections categorized as student activism and social justice.
Records of the Multicultural Center The Multicultural Center began as the Afro-American Society in a Quonset hut on campus that was shared with Fine Arts. In 1971, the building was torn down and the Afro-American Society prepared to move into the Lee House at 31 Upper College Road. When it moved into the Lee House in 1973, the name of the organization changed to Uhuru SaSa, and the building was named the Uhuru SaSa House. The Student Life Office changed the name to Minority House in 1981, and in 1983, the Student Senate voted to change the name back to Uhuru SaSa. In February 1991, the building became the Multicultural Center. The Multicultural Center then moved to the old Theta Chi fraternity house at 14 Upper College Road in 1993. Go To CollectionBlack Gold Student NewspaperBlack Gold, a student newspaper focusing on Black student experience and issues at the University of Rhode Island, was published between 1972 and 1973. All ten issues can be read online or downloaded in searchable PDF format.Go To Collection
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University of Illinois Archives