Black Student Union Still Operating on Campus of ONU

The Union of Black Students now known as The Black Student Union was formed on the campus of Ohio Northern University as a result of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination.  

Dr. King spoke at the university on January 11, 1968.

Less than 3 months later, on April 4, he was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. 

The Union of Black Students was founded on May 1, 1968.

According to the 1971 ONU Yearbook: the union’s purpose is to keep any prejudice from Black students on campus and to promote a better relationship between the races on campus.