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Exhibit March 2002
Celebrating the African-American Presence at SDSU
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Celebrating
the African-American Presence
at SDSU
From the 1930s to the 1990s
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1950s to the 1970s
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Earl B. Gilliam
On August 20, 1980, Judge Earl B. Gilliam became the first
African-American appointed to the United States District Court for the
Southern District of California. It was during his schooling at San Diego
State College (B.A. 1953) that he also helped establish the fraternity
Kappa Alpha Psi. Founded
in 1951, Kappa Alpha Psi was the first all-Black fraternity on campus.
Photograph from Del Sudoeste, 1952.
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From
left to right, first row: Cecilia Cox, Norma File, Sylvia Jennings,
Marlene Long, Vera Winters.
Second row: Mort Jorgensen, Ned Harrington, Wallace Rogers, Leslie
Wynston, Dr. John Spangler.
Third Row: Ray McDonald, Dan Movish, Robert Johnson.
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Marlene
Long
Marlene Long graduated from SDSU. She later went on to earn a medical
degree at the Howard University College of Medicine in Washington, D.C.
Long's knowledge in reconstructive plastic surgery was of great use in
her humanitarian efforts as a missionary working in war-torn areas of
Africa.
Photograph from Del Sudoeste, 1955.
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Beatrice
Markey
Dr. Beatrice Markey joined the faculty as an assistant professor in political
science in 1956 and thus became the first African-American professor at
SDSU.
Photograph
around 1956.
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From
left to right: Dean Erwine, Julius Campbell, Bob House.
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Julius Campbell
In 1956, Julius Campbell became
the first African-American on the Associated
Student Council.
Photograph from Del Sudoeste, 1956.
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Harold Brown
SDSU graduate Harold Brown was a student leader and played
on the basketball team. While at the university, he was involved with
community outreach programs. Brown was also the leader of the San Diego
chapter of CORE (Congress of Racial Equality), a national group whose
objective was to eliminate racial prejudice, and at the forefront of a
movement that created the Department of
Afro-American Studies in 1972, (now renamed Africana
Studies to reflect the department's concern with Africa
and the African diaspora.) SDSU was one of the first universities to start
an African-American Studies department. Presently, although retired, Brown
serves as the Director of Community Economic Development (CED) in the
SDSU College of Business Administration.
Lower photograph from Del Sudoeste, 1959.
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Alyce L.
Davis
Alyce L. Davis was the first African-American librarian at SDSU. She
assumed a position as a cataloger at the library from 1959 to 1966.
Photograph from
May 1961.
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Martin L. King, Jr.
"If the American dream
is to become a reality, it must be concerned with the world dream."
(M. L. King, Jr.at his SDSU speech)
On May 29, 1964 the reverend Dr. Martin L. King gave an invigorating
speech held at the Open Air Theatre on the SDSU campus. In his speech
he emphasized the notable worth of the Civil Rights Bill.
Photograph from
Daily Aztec, June 2, 1964.
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Napoleon A. Jones,
Jr.
U.S. District Court Judge Napoleon Jones graduated in 1967 with a master's
degree in Social Work. Five years before the Africana Studies Department
was established, Jones founded and became the first president of SDSU's
Black Student Council. Additionally, Jones was a member of Kappa Alpha
Psi which was the first African-American fraternity. In 1994, he was appointed
by President Clinton to the United States District Court for the Southern
District of California.
Photograph from Del Sudoeste, 1962.
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