Black Power and the Black Student Organization at Kalamazoo College
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Authors
Caldwell, Elvin L., II
Issue Date
2011
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Thesis
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en_US
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This paper will examine the formation of the Black Student Organization at
Kalamazoo College in 1968, and its practices and ideals of the organization
between 1968 and 1969. It will describe how these African American students,
mostly athletes, came to redefine themselves and challenge Kalamazoo College
to recognize their unique identity. It will argue that the BSO intended to use
Kalamazoo College to help them become more politically functional to serve the
needs of the black communities in which they came. This story explains much
about how blacks redefined themselves in the late 1960' s due to the influence of
Black Power and how this group identity clashed with predominantly white
universities and colleges such as Kalamazoo College. The paper argues that the
BSO not only was founded on the ideals of articulated in Black Power but they
used these ideals to shape their practices and they defined themselves in their
practices.
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63 p.
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