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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Afro-American Student Union [fundraiser booth]
Local Identifier
0063_ua_000047
Date Created
1988
Description

Five Black students are behind a booth for the Afro-American Student Union. The sign above the booth reads "Soda 60 cents" and an unidentified food item priced at $1.50. Two other Black students are next to the booth towards the front.

[Black man in formal jacket]
Local Identifier
0063_ua_000045
Date Created
1984
Description

In addition to the formal jacket, the man is wearing a white turtleneck shirt with a ribbon from the MLK event pinned onto his coat. The El Corral bookstore and a group of students are behind him. There are blue, yellow and white signs hanging from the rooftop of the bookstore.

[Two Black women at the MLK event]
Local Identifier
0063_ua_000044
Date Created
1984
Description

The woman on the left is wearing a purple button up shirt. The woman on the right is wearing a green and white coat. Behind them is a white bus and a group of around twenty people, including two children.

[Crowd listening to MLK event speakers?]
Local Identifier
0063_ua_000043
Date Created
1984
Description

Crowd towards the edge of the University Union plaza. A sign in a window reads "Catholic Fellowship" and the window to the left of the sign is covered with plastic sheeting.

[Crowd listening to MLK event speakers?]
Local Identifier
0063_ua_000041
Date Created
1984
Description

The crowd is sitting on the concrete stairs in the University Union plaza. Some students are in the back and sitting at tables or under trees. In the back hanging from the Union's second story railing, there are signs that read "- Payback. This week only!" and "SCE Meeting WED 7:30PM".

[Crowd listening to MLK event speakers?]
Local Identifier
0063_ua_000042
Date Created
1984
Description

The crowd is sitting on the concrete stairs in the University Union plaza. The larger group is sitting on the left hand side. There is a fountain and small pond behind the stairs on the left. South Perimeter Road and a parked white truck are next to the area where the crowd are seated.

[MLK event participant]
Local Identifier
0063_ua_000040
Date Created
1984
Description

On the participant's coat there is a pinned black ribbon.

Afro-American Student Union [fundraising booth]
Local Identifier
0063_ua_000052
Date Created
1988
Description

Three Black people are behind the booth, and two of them are clapping and possibly singing. The third person, wearing a sweater with 'Los Angeles' printed on it, is smiling and laughing with the others. The back of the photograph reads: 'Poly Royal 88: Robert Tell, Stacy G., Mo P., Tni, Tisha, Angie Lee, Vanessa.'

Society of Black Engineers and Scientists (SBES) [fundraiser tables]
Local Identifier
0063_ua_000057
Date Created
1992
Description

Four Black students sit behind two SBES tables. One student is holding a water bottle in the air. A sign on one of the tables reads 'Chilli fritos with cheese $1.75, without cheese $1.00'. Other tables and tents, and a sandwich board sign for Liberal Arts Week, are in the background.

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