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University of Iowa Afro-American Cultural Center, 1968-2009

1970-07-09 Daily Iowan Article: "Black Students Own Turf At Afro-American House" Continued

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"Black STUDENTS OWN TURF AT AFRO-Amer House"  
DI 7/9/70 

against the law. 
   " The Afro-American House is a University building that is the meeting place, sort of a club house, for blacks on campus. It was badly needed and serves a useful purpose. But it is a University building, and the U.S. Supreme Court in 1954, in the case of Brown vs. the Board of Education ruled that segregated facilities of this sort were unconstitutional." 
    The Afro-American Cultural Center is funded through the general University budget. At present, only one black student James Belcher, A2 Evanston, III., lives at the Center and acts as caretaker. 
   " Such a job is difficult for any one student," Green said.
  Noting the problem of whites feeling rebuffed at the Center, Green said he did not think this group polarization was anything more than on the surface. 
    " There is a group identity which may tend to cause this polarization but on an individual basis one does not find this polarization to be the case," Green said, adding that many blacks have white friends. 
   Green explained that the Afro-American Cultural House, which is a cultural center about blacks " naturally is frequented primarily by young blacks." 
   The Center currently has black soul recordings, black art and a sall black cultural library.
   " The relationship between blacks and whites on this campus is really quite good" Green explained, emphasizing that he based this conclusion on the reactions of outside groups who have studied the race relationship on campus. 
   The Afro-American Cultural Center is for all students.

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[handwritten] 2 (of 2) "Black STUDENTS OWN TURF AT AFRO-Amer House" DI 7/9/70 against the law. " The Afro-American House is a University building that is the meeting place, sort of a club house, for blacks on campus. It was badly needed and serves a useful purpose. But it is a University building, and the U.S. Supreme Court in 1954, in the case of Brown vs. the Board of Education ruled that segregated facilities of this sort were unconstitutional." The Afro-American Cultural Center is funded through the general University budget. At present, only one black student James Belcher, A2 Evanston, III., lives at the Center and acts as caretaker. " Such a job is difficult for any one student," Green said. Noting the problem of whites feeling rebuffed at the Center, Green said he did not think this group polarization was anything more than on the surface. " There is a group identity which may tend to cause this polarization but on an individual basis one does not find this polarization to be the case," Green said, adding that many blacks have white friends. Green explained that the Afro-American Cultural House, which is a cultural center about blacks " naturally is frequented primarily by young blacks." The Center currently has black soul recordings, black art and a sall black cultural library. " The relationship between blacks and whites on this campus is really quite good" Green explained, emphasizing that he based this conclusion on the reactions of outside groups who have studied the race relationship on campus. The Afro-American Cultural Center is for all students.