Genre

Document

Creator

Jones, Roy

Date or Approximation

1969

Description

Prepared by Roy Jones, President of the Black Cooperative Association and member of the Black Student Unity Movement, this proposal outlines a plan to establish a student cooperative complex at Rutgers-Camden. The document includes information about the history and philosophy of the Black Cooperative Association, which was formed on March 20, 1969. The proposal explains that the Black Cooperative Association has already purchased a house at 301 N. 2nd St. and plans to purchase the adjacent property at 303 N. 2nd St. The proposal requests financial support from the university in the form of a loan to cover the purchase price of the second house and renovation costs.

The houses mentioned were located at the northwest corner of N. 2nd St. and Penn St., and they have since then been demolished.

The exact date of the proposal is not listed on the document, but its content suggests that it was written during the fall semester of 1969, because it refers to March 1969 as occurring "last semester."

Subject

Activism and Movements

Housing and Residence Life

Student Organizations

Black Cooperative Association (Black Co-op)

Black Student Unity Movement (BSUM)

Black Community

Spatial Coverage

301 N. 2nd St., Camden, NJ

303 N. 2nd St, Camden, NJ

Language

English

Archive

Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries

Collection

Rutgers University Dean of Student Affairs (Earle W. Clifford, Jr.) Records

Archival Location

Series I, Box 5, Folder 11: Black Students February 1969–December 1971

Contributor

Jesse Bayker