Embedded Document /system/files/2023-07/KHAL_RL_KansasStateUniversityFromBlackAthleteToBlackStudentUnion_Walpool.pdf Download this PDF Abstract This paper explores the history of Kansas State University's Black Student Union, which was founded in 1968 by black K-State athletes as a site of solidarity in a time of social upheaval and racial progress. The author analyzes the founding of the BSU as part of the history of African American athletes claiming space for themselves in white-dominated organizations. Authors Walpool, Ti'Ara Date Mar 01, 2009 Tags Kansas History and Life Kansas State University Multicultural Kansas Exhibit Multicultural Kansas: African Americans Riley County Publisher Kansas State University, The Chapman Center for Rural Studies Citation Ti'Ara Walpool, “Kansas State University: From Black Athlete to Black Student Union,” Lost Kansas Communities, https://lostkansas.ccrsdigitalprojects.com/black-student-union-kansas-state-university. Rights This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s). NOTE: Rights status of accompanying images may differ from text.
