Word: blacking
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Representatives of the Organization for Black Unity (OBU) and of the University-in what both sides called "informal talks" -yesterday discussed the OBU demands with the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD...
...also announced yesterday plans for a mass rally on Sunday at Memorial Church, for which they are "asking for and expecting to receive support from many sectors of the black community." OBU has invited national black leader Floyd McKissick and Fanny Lou Hamer of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party to speak at the rally...
...Members of NAC called for complete support of OBU and asked the meeting to give OBU a "blank check" promise to take whatever action the black group advises them to take...
...students argued however, that the idea of blanket support would alienate some painters helpers and a majority of liberal students. They recommended that the meeting support only two of the demands-promote the painters' helpers and hire 20 per cent black and third world construction workers-as the central issues...
Lombard's opinion does not seem to have a consensus, however. One black student said, "I don't think anyone went in their to get himself patted on the head and get a dent made in his Afro...