Black Student Union at San Francisco State College

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Black student organization activist organization student organization

The Black Student Union at San Francisco State College was a pioneering Black student organization that played a central role in the late-1960s campus struggles for ethnic studies, racial justice, and increased representation of students of color in higher education.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Black student organization ⓘ activist organization ⓘ student organization ⓘ
activeInPeriod	1960s ⓘ late 1960s ⓘ
advocatedFor	creation of ethnic studies programs ⓘ hiring of more faculty of color ⓘ increased enrollment of Black students ⓘ increased enrollment of students of color ⓘ racial justice in higher education ⓘ
affiliatedWith	San Francisco State College NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Third World Liberation Front at San Francisco State College NERFINISHED ⓘ
broaderCategory	Black Student Unions in the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ student organizations at San Francisco State College ⓘ
centralRoleIn	campaigns for increased representation of students of color in higher education ⓘ campus struggles for ethnic studies at San Francisco State College ⓘ campus struggles for racial justice at San Francisco State College ⓘ
collaboratedWith	other student of color organizations at San Francisco State College ⓘ
composition	Black graduate students at San Francisco State College ⓘ Black undergraduate students at San Francisco State College ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
demographicServed	Black students ⓘ students of color ⓘ
focus	Black student rights ⓘ curriculum reform ⓘ institutional racism in higher education ⓘ
goal	establishment of a School of Ethnic Studies ⓘ greater representation of Black perspectives in the curriculum ⓘ improved campus climate for Black students ⓘ
historicalSignificance	helped catalyze the development of ethnic studies in U.S. higher education ⓘ influenced later Black Student Unions at other colleges and universities ⓘ
ideology	Black self-determination ⓘ anti-racism ⓘ
languageOfOrganization	English ⓘ
locatedIn	San Francisco State College NERFINISHED ⓘ San Francisco, California NERFINISHED ⓘ
movement	Black Power movement NERFINISHED ⓘ American civil rights movement ⓘ surface form: civil rights movement
notableFor	leadership in the San Francisco State College student strike ⓘ pioneering role among Black student organizations in the United States ⓘ
organizationalScope	campus organization ⓘ
sector	higher education ⓘ
typeOfActivism	campus-based protest ⓘ student activism ⓘ

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San Francisco State College strike of 1968–1969 → participant → Black Student Union at San Francisco State College ⓘ