October 2003 Over 100 students led a march from the University Center to the Arbor wearing red t-shirts that read “Danger: Educated Black Student.” The hour of speeches given here were to catch the attention of passers-by and to encourage the hiring of 5 new black faculty members, and the addition of a PhD program in Black Studies.
December 2005 Angela Davis speaks at UCSB’s Corwin Pavillion as part of UCSB’s Interdisciplinary Humanities Center series “Blow Back: Responding to the 1960′s”. Click here to watch the entire talk.
2006 UCSB students elect the first African American woman as Associated Students Student Body President.
2008 UCSB Enrolls record number of Black Students (194).
2008 Black Quare, founded in 2008, is an organization for people of Black communities/African Diasporas who identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning, Intersex and/or Asexual. Their mission is to first and foremost create safe spaces for black queer students, faculty, staff, and community members.
November 20-22, 2008 UCSB’s Center for Black Studies puts on a 3 day conference titled, “1968: A Global Year of Student Driven Change”. This conference focused on youth and student movements of the time, the consequences of student radicalism, and the state of post 1968 radical activism.