Title:
EBONI press conference 1969.
Title:
Emerson's Black Organization with Natural Interests.
Record Type:
press conferences
Record Type:
photography (discipline)
Record Type:
photographs
Record Type:
black-and-white photographs
Date:
1969
Description:
Emerson College president Richard Chapin stands alongside five African-American students at a press conference. EBONI’s leader, Mooneyne Jackson-Amis appears to be speaking in this photo. A tabletop podium with microphone is in the foreground. Pictured left-to-right President Richard Chapin; unknown ; Mooneyne Jackson-Amis ; Pearlis Jones; unknown ; unknown. The student group EBONI (Emerson's Black Organization with Natural Interests) was formed in 1969. Led by Emerson senior, Mooneyne Jackson-Amis, the group presented a list of ten demands (originally framed as "proposals") to President Chapin. Tensions rose among students, faculty, and administrators until most of the demands were met. Some of the changes included adding courses on African-American history and culture to the curriculum, hiring African-American counselors and recruiters, increasing the number of African-American students, and offering soul food twice a month in the dining hall. Info sources: A Century of Eloquence; Berkeley Beacon (1/22/2015).
Extent:
7.53 x 10 in.
Subject:
African American college students
Subject:
College presidents
Subject:
Civil rights movements
Subject:
Student movements
Subject:
College students -- Political activity
Collection:
RG 004.05 Office of Communication & Marketing Prints and Negatives Collection
Location:
Emerson College Archives and Special Collections
Rights Restrictions:
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Access Restrictions:
No known access restrictions
Language:
English
Identifier:
batch2_006a.jpg
