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This article is an event announcement for a Valentine's Day fundraiser organized by the Black Student Union to fund the Black History Week events. Descriptions for the time, place, cost, and planned entertainments are included. -
This article covers a three-day Black culture festival held at CSUSB and hosted by the Black Student Union featuring music, films, a dance troupe from Cal State Northridge, and a rap session. -
This open letter criticizes CSUSB President John M. Pfau for failing to properly implement the Affirmative Action Program. The author highlights the lack of input from Black faculty and the administration’s failure to promote the program effectively to support underrepresented communities on campus. -
This article announces a DJ battle in the Student Union at CSUSB on January 30, 1982, sponsored by the Black Student Union. The event offers a $100 prize to the winner, with proceeds supporting upcoming Black History Week activities. -
This article highlights a series of racially motivated incidents at CSUSB involving Black professors, speakers, and students, expressing the author's concern for Black student rights and calls on university administration to address these injustices. -
This article provides an overview of Black History Week events held from February 15–19, 1982, including Gospel Night, a talent show, a lecture by Rodney Sykes, a documentary screening, a luncheon, and a dance. -
This article announces a Valentine’s Dance and Fashion Show sponsored by the Black Student Union on February 14th to raise funds for Black History Week, observed from February 16-23. The event took place in the Student Union Multipurpose Room. -
This article promotes a 1982 art exhibit by Black artists from the Inland Empire, titled "Contributing Feelings and Ideas," held at CSUSB in the library. The exhibit was sponsored by the Black Student Union as a fundraiser to bring the show to Nigeria. -
This article covers Geraldine Rickman's November 1969 talk, sponsored by the CSUSB Lectures and Public Affairs Committee, highlighting her achievements as a Black female educator. This lecture was part of a fall lecture series on "Black Expression." -
This article highlights a Smithsonian exhibit held at the CSUSB Library from October 4th through November 2nd, 1980 titled "Black Women: Achievements Against the Odds." This exhibit highlighted the stories of over 150 Black women that contributed to the development of the United States. -
This article reflects on a guest lecture at CSUSB by author and professor Donald Cheek, emphasizing the need for more multicultural education. It critiques the campus’s indifference toward such events and questions the broader lack of support for people of color advocating for inclusive change. -
This article profiles Lou Smith, President and Co-founder of Operation Bootstrap, highlighting his background and a speech he gave at CSUSB on the historical struggles of Black Americans to establish cultural identity. Smith emphasizes the importance of self-love over self-rejection as a foundation for unity and advocates using new opportunities and technology to drive lasting social change. -
In this article, a CSUSB student recounts a 1969 protest at San Bernardino High School, where Black and Chicano students faced police hostility amid rising tensions. Although racial antagonism was present, the root cause was a persistent lack of communication between students and school administrators. The author argues that systemic neglect and authoritarian leadership contributed to the unrest and advocates for student-led dialogue and self-determination as the path toward resolution. -
This article discusses a student-lounge dialogue event at CSUSB on “The Black Student on a White Campus,” led by Lawrence Johnson and highlights the black seminar that is held weekly on campus as a venue for Black students to come together in discussion on issues such as the black studies curriculum, faculty dialogue, and student power. -
Clifford Young joined the faculty of CSUSB in 1989 as an Associate Professor of Public Administration, receiving tenure in 1992. He served in several impactful roles, ranging from Department Chair for Public Administration to principal investigator for the Innovation Policy Analysis Project. Young was selected as a 1995-1996 American Council on Education (ACE) Fellow and also served as a fellow of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation Minority Serving Institutions/National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education Leadership Program. In 1999, he was appointed executive assistant to former CSUSB President Albert Karnig where he worked on several key projects instrumental to the growth of the university. Young joined the West Valley Water District Board of Directors in 2013, serving as Board President between 2015-2018 and Division 3 Board Director from 2019-2022. Image Caption: Clifford Young delivers the talk "The future of information sharing with and among soldiers and first responders: A focus on solutions" in Indian Wells, CA on April 29, 2011. -
Mildred Dalton Henry was born in Tamo, Arkansas in 1933. She graduated from Merrill High School in Pine Bluff and attended Arkansas A & M College (University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff). After 2 years in college, Henry left college to focus on raising her four children, and 38 years later she returned to Arkansas A & M College graduating with a Bachelor’s of Arts degree. She later attended Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, where she received her Master’s degree and the completed her PhD in Counselor Education at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. Henry joined the School of Education at CSUSB in 1983 and received tenure as an associate professor in 1987, making her the first African American to become a tenured professor at CSUSB. In 1990, she was selected as the "Woman of the Year" by the 66th Assembly District of the California State Legislature in recognition of her many community service activities in the Inland Empire. And in 2013, a new elementary school in San Bernardino, CA was named in her honor, the Dr. Mildred Dalton Henry Elementary School. Image Caption: Mildred Henry (left) poses with student on-campus at CSUSB. -
Wilmer Amina Carter was born in Neshoba County, Mississippi on July 12, 1941. As a child she moved with her family to San Bernardino where she attended San Bernardino High School, San Bernardino Valley College, and CSUSB. In 1972, she graduated from CSUSB with a Bachelors of Arts degree in English and later received her Master’s in Education in 1976. After graduating from CSUSB, Carter served on the community of Rialto’s Board of Education from 1983 to 1999. She later was appointed as the District Director by Congressman George E. Brown, where she led and directed a school-to-work program that became a national model of career development for high school students. After working with Brown for more than 25 years, Carter was elected to the California State Assembly from the 62nd district. She retireed in 2012, and a high school was later named in her honor, the Wilmer Amina Carter High School, in the city of Rialto, CA. Image Caption: Wilmer Amina Carter speaks at the LEAD symposium in the College of Education building at CSUSB on September 8, 2010. -
Program cover for the 4th annual Pioneer Breakfast featuring CSUSB's first Black graduates. -
Newspaper clipping of Larry Johnson, Director of the Educational Opportunity Program at CSCSB, being awarded a plaque "In recognition of his contributions to disadvantaged students and Black Studies" by CSUSB student Doyle Washington. -
Newspaper clipping for the Black Intercollegiate Conference emphasizing Black unity on-campus featuring several workshops hosted and organized by the Black Student Union. -
Photograph of Myrlie Evers-Williams, wife of slain civil rights activist Medgar Evers, speaking in the Physical Sciences building on the topic of "Black Protest" at the first in a series of Lectures and Public Affairs Committee programs designed around the theme of Black Expression. -
Doyle Washington, a CSCSB Student, proposes the establishment of a Black Student Union at CSCSB and invites those interested to attend a meeting in the cafeteria on October 9, 1968. -
Group at the 5th Annual Pioneer Breakfast at CSUSB on February 24, 2017. -
Students registering for classes in the 1970s. -
Members of the Black Student Union Members tabling at CSUSB in the 1970s.