Black BC: A History of the Black Experience at Boston College
A project by Black BC: A History of the Black Experience at Boston CollegeBlack BC Walking Tour is an interactive tour that allows online and mobile users to discover and explore black BC’s complex history on campus, in Boston, and in the nation. It mines anecdotal and informal resources as well as BC archives to commemorate the presence and contributions of black BC, and to document how this community participates in Boston’s black communities. The site is also a resource for BC students, faculty, staff, alums, and scholars who conduct research on race.
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Random Stories
Hardy and Vouté Halls – February 1995
27 February 1995 - Flyers for a black professor’s lecture and a wall are defaced with racial slurs in Hardy and Vouté Hall. In a similar incident, an article written by a black graduate about her experiences at BC is covered with racial slurs and…
Botolph House –
February 21, 1995 -Chris Stephen, a candidate for UGBC president, is challenged at a debate over his slogan, “Bringing UGBC Back to You.” “No matter how you justify the slogan, it insinuates that they are bringing UGBC back to you … and that it…
Corcoran Commons – “Do I look suspicious?”
12 April 2012 – For all of the participants in last Tuesday’s rally to raise awareness for Martin’s case, justice was the end goal. United Front, a coalition of various Boston College clubs and organizations that represent the African American…
St. Ignatius Church –
10 June 2020 – Facing outward toward Commonwealth Avenue, a crowd of about 100 protesters, including Boston College students and Jesuits, covered the lawn of St. Ignatius Church on Sunday afternoon. At the demonstration, organized by students from…
BC Bookstore – McElroy Hall –
September 20 1971 - A white security guard, who previously “permitted cars onto the upper campus to unload students’ possessions, refused entry to a car driven by [black students attempting to deliver food for a Black Talent Program picnic].”…
Alumni Field and The Heights Room –
September 1933– Casper Augustus Ferguson, BC ’37, becomes the University’s first black student. “The 1937Sub Turriyearbook suggests Ferguson had at least one friend among the 281 graduates. In a three-sentence biography beneath his portrait, David…