Human relations committee - Correspondence re: BOS/BSU, 1979-1980

File — Box: 10, Folder: 4

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Scope and Contents

During a Homecoming parade in October 1979, the Beta Omega Sigma fraternity orchestrated a controversial skit involving three members dressed in KKK robes leading a fourth member in blackface with a noose around his neck. The fraternity was put on probation and required to attend a "Program for Racial Reconciliation and Understanding." This folder contains correspondence from Augustana community members and outside parties expressing their opinions on the skit and the subsequent punishment of BOS.

Dates

Other: 1979-1980

Creator

From the Collection: Tredway, John Thomas, 1935- (Person)

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