The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/black_students_united/)
Although typically in-person, “Black Life on the Hill” turned out to be an “amazing success” virtually, joining students both new and returning together to learn about campus organizations.
Black people are tired. But the degree to which Black people and people of color have surmounted oppression and excelled in America shows our strength. The Black students and alumni at Cornell are a testament to this triumph.
As the streets across the country fill with protestors, local leaders and black students respond to the recent killings of George Floyd and other black Americans.
In an event held at the Africana Center, the members of the Black Students United kick off black history month in a ceremony meant to connect the past with the future.
The BSU demand, which was not retracted or changed in the statement, called on the Cornell admissions office to increase the presence of “underrepresented Black students.”
Hundreds of black students marched into Willard Straight Hall and occupied the building for several hours after delivering a list of demands to the University’s president in a protest reminiscent of the 1969 takeover of the same building.
The Greek Tri-Council demanded that Cornell expel any perpetrators involved in the Collegetown assault of a black student on Friday.
The Harvard Black Students Association, the Black Student Union at Brown and the Black Student Alliance of Yale University all posted statements of solidarity.
Black Students United is encouraging students to wear black in support on Tuesday and said the group will be “interrupting” Tuesday’s University Assembly meeting.
“[This conversation] is an important and positive part of history, because it reminds us if things like that don’t happen, I might not be here,” Acree said.