President Robert MacVicar timing speech of Black Student Union President at BYU vs OSU game basketball game, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, 1970
- Title
- President Robert MacVicar timing speech of Black Student Union President at BYU vs OSU game basketball game, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, 1970
- LC Subject
- Hedges, Dennis Universities and colleges--Faculty Universities and colleges--Alumni and alumnae MacVicar, Robert William, 1918- College presidents College students, Black
- Local Collection ID
- P098-SG1
- Creator
- Henderson, Robert W. (Robert Wesley), 1914-2006
- Photographer
- Henderson, Robert W. (Robert Wesley), 1914-2006
- Description
- The BSU President speaking here is believed to be Geoffrey Brooks. In December 1970, the Black Student Union protested multiple OSU athletic events held with BYU, objecting to Mormon Church policies that denied the priesthood to African Americans. Robert W. MacVicar (second from left) was president of Oregon State University from 1970-1986.
- Work Type
- color slides color photographs photographs
- Location
- Corvallis >> Benton County >> Oregon >> United States
- Date
- 1970-12-12
- Identifier
- p098:sg1-06470a
- Rights
- In Copyright
- License
- Creative Commons: Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
- Local Collection Name
- Robert W. Henderson Photographic Slides Collection (P 098-SG 1)
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Set
- OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center Historical Images of Oregon State University Oregon State University Athletics
- Primary Set
- Oregon State University Athletics
- Institution
- Oregon State University