LONNIE B. HARRIS BLACK CULTURAL CENTER
LBH BCC, 2015.
Former BCC. OSU Special Collections and Archives Research Center. Beaver
Yearbook, 1977/1978, Vol. 72, page 36.
Lonnie B. Harris, 1969. P57 News and Communication Services. Photo #04558.
Sources Cited
(1) OSU Special Collections and Archives Research Center. Memorabilia
Collection, Box 2, Folder “African Americans in Oregon.” Article “Oregon’s
Racial History, Diversity Explored” by John Darling.
(2) OSU Lonnie B Harris Black Cultural Center Website. dce.oregonstate.edu/
bcc
(3) OSU Special Collections and Archives Research Center. Rollins, Michael.
“For Black students: Ribbon-cutting opens center.” OSU’s The Daily
Barometer. April 28, 1975. For more information on the BSU Walkout see
pages 16-17 of this guidebook.
(4) OSU Special Collections and Archives Research Center. Minorities in The
Barometer collection. This collection includes scanned articles from OSU’s
The Daily Barometer pertaining to multicultural issues and minorities on
campus.
(5) OSU Special Collections and Archives Research Center. Memorabilia
Collection, Box 22, Folder “Black Cultural Center.” Article “Oregon State
Celebrates Past, Future of Black Cultural Center” by the Albany Tribune.
(6) OSU Special Collections and Archives Research Center. RG 244 Lonnie B.
Harris Black Cultural Center Records. This collection includes items such as
newsletters, newspaper clippings, and photographs documenting the BCC’s
history.
(7) OSU Special Collections and Archives Research Center. Memorabilia
Collection, Box 22, Folder “Black Cultural Center.” Article “OSU blacks
appreciate the march” by Tracey Loew.
(8) OSU Special Collections and Archives Research Center. RG 244 Lonnie
B. Harris Black Cultural Center Records. Box 2. BCC Scrapbook. Examples
of opposition faced: In October 1976 eight students erected and burned
a wooden cross in front of the center. In March 1996, the BCC led a mass
student boycott to protest events of vandalism, abuse, and harassment
African Americans on campus.
