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| Prof. Ernest Spaights was involved in early discussions to create a Center for Afro-American Culture. (Photograph from box 3, folder 17, UW-Milwaukee Photographs Collection) | Flier announcing a rally to support the formation of a Center for Afro-American Culture, February 21, 1969. (From box 6, folder 1, UW-Milwaukee Office of the Chancellor Records) | Street march supporting the appointment of James Turner as head of the Center for Afro-American Culture, February 24, 1969. ("Five arrested in street march," UWM Post, February 25, 1969) |
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| United Black Student Front holds a press conference in Chapman Hall, March 1, 1969. (Photograph from box 11, folder 40, UW-Milwaukee Photographs Collection) | James Turner (left) talking with members of the Black Student Union after meeting with Chancellor Klotsche, March 2, 1969. ("Turner, Klotsche parlay shows little success," UWM Post, March 4, 1969) | Black Demands flier, March 13, 1969. (From box 1, folder 17, UW-Milwaukee Dept. of Afro-American Studies Records) |
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| Black Student Union members walk out of a special faculty meeting after withdrawing their support for the Center for Afro-American Culture, March 13, 1969. ("BSU withdraws support from center," UWM Post, March 14, 1969) | University officials and Milwaukee police attempt to break up a brawl between fraternity students and African-American students in the Union, March 24, 1969. ("Snack bar closed twice as student groups clash," UWM Post, March 25, 1969) | African-American students rally in snack bar area of the Union, March 25, 1969. (Photograph from box 11, folder 40, UW-Milwaukee Photographs Collection) |
