On October 14th, 1968, members of the Black Student Union organized to give voice to campus injustice. They demanded that UCSB take action to support the Black students on campus and implement a Black Studies Department educating students and faculty alike about the complexities of the Black experience. Sixteen members pioneered the movement, barricading themselves in the North Hall computer center around 6:30 a.m.
North Hall Takeover!

On October 14th, 1968, membersof the Black Student Union organized to give voice to campus injustice.
North-Hall-Takeover
1968 North Hall Takeover
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Major Demands Outcomes

Tired of being ignored, Black students took over North Hall in order to force the Chancellor to accept this list of demands.

  • The establishment of a commission designed to investigate problems resulting from personal or individual racism;

  • The development of a college of Black Studies;

  • Reaffirmation of President Hitch’s directive calling for increased hiring of minority persons;

  • The hiring of a black female counselor for the Educational Opportunity Program (EOP);

  • The appointment of black coaches ‘whenever this becomes possible’;

  • Non-condonement of any harassment by any students, whatever color;

  • The development of a community relations staff ‘to be actively prosecuted’;

  • Asking for the firing of Athletic Director Jack Curtice and Arthur Gallon, head of the Physical Activities department”

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