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Black Observer newsletter
Black Observer newsletter
1969
Complete 8-page issue of the Black Observer newsletter from Camden, NJ, circa fall 1969. The precise date is not printed on the issue. Rutgers-Camden students affiliated with the Black Student Unity Movement (BSUM) produced this paper for the community. Names of the editors and contributors printed on the back page are Roy Jones, Marie Spearman, Faye Waters, Myrna Williams, Vince Mayfield, Carolyn Williams, Ralph Spencer, Richard Rhodes, Alice Syms, Linda Ellis, R. Eugene Kirkland, Lillian Matthews, Fredia Bodie, Betty Coleman. A letter from Aaron G. Thompson on behalf of the Rutgers BSUM is printed on page 5.
BPUM Liberator Returns Home / Fight Racism flyer
BPUM Liberator Returns Home / Fight Racism flyer
Black People's Unity Movement (BPUM)
December 22, 1969
Double-sided flyer for a December 22, 1969, event with Charles "Poppy" Sharp, chairman of the Black People's Unity Movement (BPUM) in Camden, sponsored by the United Black Front. The front of the flyer has an image of Sharp and event details. The back of the page reads "Fight Racism Support the Black Community" and tells Rutgers-Camden students to meet up in front of the College Center 45 minutes before the event and walk to the Parkside Community Center together.
Fired Counselor, Banned Student Lead Rally: Rutgers Blacks Hit 'Oppression'
Fired Counselor, Banned Student Lead Rally: Rutgers Blacks Hit 'Oppression'
Glab, Theresa A.
April 16, 1971
News article about the Black students' rally at Rutgers University–Camden, mentioning Roy Jones, Michael Edwards (later Malik Chaka), and the Black People's Unity Movement (BPUM).
Rutgers University Case For Dramatic and Immediate Change by Roy L. Jones / Black Feeling by Myrna Williams
Rutgers University Case For Dramatic and Immediate Change by Roy L. Jones / Black Feeling by Myrna Williams
Jones, Roy L.
February 10, 1969
In this essay, Roy L. Jones discusses the relationship between the Rutgers University and the surrounding community in Camden, which is predominantly Black and Puerto Rican. Jones makes the case that, as an urban university, Rutgers should reconsider its impact, structure, and responsibility to the Camden community, as well as to the Black and Puerto Rican student populations. Following Jones's essay, the document concludes with an evocative piece of writing by Myrna Williams, titled "Black Feeling," which addresses the alienation Williams feels as a Black student on campus.