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• To the Students and Faculty of Washington and Lee (article)

  Invitation from the Student Association for Black Unity to students and faculty of Washington and Lee to participate in Black Awareness Week and description of its events. The theme chosen for 1975 was "Projections of Blackness."
• Senior Offers Comments (article)

  Reflections from the senior vice president of SABU.
• SABU president emphasizes Black Awareness Week goal (article)

  Description of SABU's Black Awareness Week and its goals, including interviews with SABU president Eugene Perry
• SABU changes name to MSA (article)

  Vote to change name night before; "trying to become a more community-oriented organization"
• Oral Interview with Walter Blake

  Oral interview with Walter Blake, one of the first Black graduates, about his experience at W&L. In the excerpts, Blake details the formation of the Student Association for Black Unity (SABU) and the nature of its core group. Blake served as the organization's first president.
• New center unifies minority students (article)

  Lee House, former upperclass dormitory converted into Minority Cultural Center
• Name change aids student body unity (article)

  Announcement of name change of SABU to MSA
• Interview with William Hill

  Interview with Mr. William Hill about his experience at W&L. In Excerpt 1, Hill details the circumstances of Black Culture Weekend and the initial formation of SABU, and in Excerpts 2 and 3 he details the implications and legacy of what it means to be a black student and alumnus of W&L.
• In the Lead: Take the Plunge

  Sasha Edwards '20, the new president of SABU, offers advice to incoming students
• Black Students (brochure)

  This recruitment brochure from SABU (The Student Association for Black Unity) and the Washington and Lee University Admissions Office outlines the opportunities for black students at Washington and Lee.
• Black Focus - The New W&L (editorial)

  Detailed editorial by Johnny E. Morrison, an early founder of SABU, about the changes brought to W&L by the admission of black students, their struggles, and contributions to campus.
• Black awareness and social life increase (article)

  Description of SABU's activities and hopes to increase the "degree of black awareness among black students" and within the white community as well. Discusses issues of black student recruitment.