The Black Caucus at the University of Pennsylvania was originally composed of the Black Student League (formed in 1971), Black Students Against Apartheid, and the Penn African Students Association. It addressed the Penn administration on many issues of concern to Black students until the early 1990s. In March 1986, the Caucus sent a letter to...
The Black Caucus at the University of Pennsylvania was originally composed of the Black Student League (formed in 1971), Black Students Against Apartheid, and the Penn African Students Association. It addressed the Penn administration on many issues of concern to Black students until the early 1990s. In March 1986, the Caucus sent a letter to then-President Sheldon Hackney on behalf of all black groups objecting to the University’s divestment policy regarding banks and other companies doing business in South Africa. It also submitted a Joint Resolution on Divestment to Penn Trustees. (In the fall of 1981, the Black Student League joined with the Progressive Student Alliance, and the Undergraduate Assembly in the Penn Coalition for Divestment.) (Source:
“The Black Caucus at Penn”, February 28, 2011, accessed January 11, 2022.)
