The Web 1976 "Black Awareness"

The Web 1976 "Black Awareness"

The bottom photograph features the members of the Student Organization for Black Awareness (SOBA), the first black student organization at the university. The University of Richmond enrolled its first black residential student, Barry Greene, onto the main campus in 1968. SOBA was created because black students felt that the social life on campus was lacking for them. Members of SOBA were involved in planning Black History Week, community service endeavors, and in the black church community. They also worked with the admissions office to actively recruit more minority students and advocated for more faculty of color as well.

Virginia Baptist Historical Society, The Web (1976): 127

The Web, University of Richmond

1976

English

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Richmond (Va.)