BSU leaders meet with MIT Admissions, ca. 1969

Courtesy Linda Sharpe

Black Students' Union (BSU) student leaders meet with MIT Admissions, ca. 1969. Shown left to right: BSU co-chair Fred Johnson '72; BSU founding members Linda Sharpe '69 and Charles Kidwell '69; and Peter Richardson, Director of MIT Admissions.

The Black Students' Union

In 1968, the black student community at MIT was small and needed a way to amplify its voice. Formed during that tumultuous year in political and racial history in the US, the MIT Black Students’ Union (BSU) launched a journey of advocacy and community that now continues 50 years later.
"The BSU at 50," MIT Technology Review, November/December 2018

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