The peaceful protesting began on February 25th when the BSU staged a sit-in and took control of a centennial lecture to make their statement. Over the course of the next three weeks, the BSU organized a sit-in and a class boycott, led a walk-out, and created an underground newspaper. (2) It was then that the BSU took on the cause to support Milton. Milton refused because it was the team’s off season, while Andros felt that as coach he should have authority over his players year-round. Andros threatened Milton that if he did not comply within 48 hours, he would be expelled from the team, which also meant that his athletic scholarship would be revoked. The controversy began on February 22, 1969, when head football coach Dee Andros told Fred Milton, a linebacker on the team, he needed to comply with the team’s no facial hair policy and shave his “Van Dyke” mustache and beard. As a result, the BSU walk-out of 1969 forever changed race relations on campus. (1) Just a few short months later, a controversy involving an African American student athlete sparked the newly formed organization into action. 1 T14:06:12-08:00 Black Student Union Walk-Out of 1969 23 Sansan Sun image_header T17:00:19-08:00 44.565590, -123.269993 As a local embodiment of the national Civil Rights Movement during the 1960s, in October of 1968, fifty-five OSU students established the Black Student Union (BSU) with the mission to give African American students a united voice regarding their educational experiences and needs.
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