Welcome to Writing Our Story, a digital collection of materials documenting Black student protests at Denison University. This project contains digitized special collection and archival materials to highlight the development of the Black Student Union and Black Studies Center. Writing Our Story also complements the existing special collection and archive materials by providing oral narratives from students, faculty, and staff that participated in periods of Black student empowerment protests, the Black Student Union, and the Black Studies Center at Denison University. We hope that this project will enable people to understand the historical nature of Black student protests and the variability of racial dynamics at Denison University.
Submissions from 1970
Louis Brakeman addresses basic problems for Task Force, Louis Brakeman
Supplementary statement on philosophy, Louis Brakeman
Task Force progress report, Louis Brakeman
Explanation of demands presented to faculty, Shirley Dekker
Faculty News Notes, Shirley Dekker
Senate proposal on black student demands, Denison Campus Governance Association
DCA Cabinet support black demands, solidarity for change, Denison Community Association
Alternate College meetings, Denison University
Criticisms of President Joel Smith's statements, Denison University
Denison Board of Trustees Makes Statement on Black Demands, Denison University
Direct expenditures on behalf of black students, Denison University
Executive Committee recommends the adoption of resolution, Denison University
Experimental chapel service announcement, Denison University
Faculty challenge vote for Preston resolution, Denison University
List of faculty teaching at Alternate College, Denison University
Policies for hiring black faculty, Denison University
Principles and perspectives on increasing the number of black faculty, Denison University
Purpose of the Black Demands Movement, Denison University
Recommendations of the task force on the subject of recruitment, admissions and financial aid, Denison University
Summary of events, Denison University
Teaching at the discretion of the individual faculty member, Denison University
The Alternate College, Denison University
Transcripts of interview with Chuck Henderson conducted by Tom Fennessy of the Columbus Dispatch, Tom Fennessy
Memo concerning small group meetings with faculty, Charles K. Henderson
Black Demands at Denison: an Alumni View, by Rick Kean '66, Rick Kean