MultiCultural Center

Records created and collected by the Cal Poly MultiCultural Center, including photographs related to Martin Luther King Jr. Day events and Black student activities on campus 1984 – 1996, as well as images of African American Student Union and Society of Black Business Students and one folder related to the Lantern Festival. Also includes VHS videotapes of campus activities and events organized by the MultiCultural Center including discussion panels, celebrations, and performances. Finding aid available at https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8pg1xgc/admin/

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[Two students of color during the MLK event in the University Union plaza]
Local Identifier
0063_ua_000076
Date Created
1993
Description

The student on the left is wearing a collared shirt and a sweater, while the student on the right is wearing a Cal Poly St. Mustangs sweatshirt and what appears to be a colorful kufi. A person in the background is wearing an Alpha Kappa Alpha shirt.

[Black speaker at the AASU podium]
Local Identifier
0063_ua_000081
Date Created
1993
Description

The banner on the podium reads 'Cal Poly S.L.O. AASU African American Student Union'. Two Black people are seated to the speaker's left, and other people are visible in the behind the podium and table on the stage.

[Black speaker at the AASU podium]
Local Identifier
0063_ua_000077
Date Created
1993
Description

The speaker is wearing a suit and colorful bow tie. The podium has a sign that reads 'Cal Poly S.L.O. AASU African American Student Union'. Some people are seated behind the speaker.

[Black speaker at AASU podium]
Local Identifier
0063_ua_000075
Date Created
1993
Description

The speaker is in a suit. The podium has a sign that reads 'Cal Poly S.L.O. AASU African American Student Union'. Next to the podium are two Black people.

[People listening to MLK event speaker?]
Local Identifier
0063_ua_000079
Date Created
1993
Description

Students and other event attendees are gathered in the University Union plaza, and facing in the direction of the speaker podium that was set up for the Martin Luther King, Jr. event. There are several people of color in the group, as well as some White students.

[Students of color seated near Dexter building]
Local Identifier
0063_ua_000074
Date Created
1993
Description

The students are six in number. Two students are standing and talking to the students sitting. The two students in the foreground are looking towards the camera.

Society of Black Business Students (SBBS) [Open House station]
Local Identifier
0063_ua_000087
Date Created
1995
Description

A sandwich board sign at the station reads 'Free gift with purchase of cup; Snow Cones; Flavors: Tropical Fruit Punch, Orange-Pineapple, Cherry, Grape, or Mixed!!; Society of Black Business Students'. There is a menu behind the sign that offers 'Soda, Candy, Snow Cones, Open House cup with soda, Open House cup, Cookies, Water'. A Black student is smiling at the camera, wearing sunglasses and a green blouse and dress, and holding a cup of coffee. Another person to the student's left is walking a bicycle in front of them. 

[Two Black SBBS students inside Open House tent]
Local Identifier
0063_ua_000088
Date Created
1995
Description

The two students are smiling, and one of them is playfully gesturing towards the camera. One student has an apron that reads 'Coffee Society'. There is a snow cone machine, snow cone syrup, bottles of water, candy, and sodas in the tent behind the students.

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