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This recruitment letter from Black Student Union President Roxwell Robinson invites African American students accepted by Rollins College Admissions to join him at Rollins and participate in BSU activities. It demonstrates the BSU’s cooperative relationship with Rollins' administration.

This memo from Alzo J. Reddick (the faculty sponsor of the Black Student Union and Assistant Dean of Student Affairs) thanks President Jack Critchfield for his support and refers to letters from community members in support of Black Awareness Week. Dean Reddick also suggests that Black Awareness Week was a mixed success, but expresses an overall positive opinion about the event.

A young man walking outside of the Student Center, passing a poster promoting Black Awareness Week. This photo was taken in 1973, the first year that Black Awareness Week was celebrated at Rollins.