In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Black students at Rutgers-Camden organized in response to the conditions they encountered on campus and in the surrounding city. Through the Black Student Unity Movement (BSUM) and related organizations, students came together to articulate shared concerns about admissions, curriculum, and the broader role of the university. Their efforts took on many forms, ranging from protests, meetings with administrators and written demands to the creation of student-led publications, cultural programming and engagement with the surrounding neighborhood.

This period can be remembered for its transformational impact on the intellectual and cultural life. Newsletters, festivals and campus events fostered spaces for connection, reflection, inquiry and belonging. It also linked Rutgers-Camden students to the larger network of Black student movements taking place across the. 
This digital project examines Black student activism at Rutgers–Camden between 1969 and 1972, focusing on the Black Student Unity Movement (BSUM) and its role in shaping institutional and cultural change. In the late 1960s, Black students organized themselves and their peers to challenge systemic inequities on campus, articulating demands that addressed admissions, curriculum, and held the university to a higher standard of accountability.