Student Activism and The Arrival of Herman Hudson
Though this visual narrative centers on Herman Hudson’s role in being the founding Chancellor for Afro-Affairs in 1970 as well as the founding chair of the department of Afro-American Studies, both of which greatly helped to change the face of Indiana University,
this digital collection also highlights the pivotal role that Black student activists played in being the fundamental initiators of the institutional shifts and conditions that created a space for Hudson to occupy those novel positions with their attendant affordances.
As such student voices are moved to the fore here through student publications, newspaper clippings and more. The Black Studies department emerged out of two important occurrences: Black Student activism and the arrival of Hudson at IU in 1968.
Thus, it proves valuable to provide some biographical information on Hudson and how he came to IU and primary sources. depicting Black student activism. This is the bedrock of the entire collection.
