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Alton Williams, valedictorian, Black Student Union President, class of 1975, with his son

Black Student Union sweethearts riding on the back of a convertible, presumably during the 1975 Homecoming parade.

1975 Homecoming Queen Pamela Miller Hanley, class of 1976

Members of the Black Student Union, 1973: Sheila Burks (acting president), William Washington, Curtis Holeman, Jay Anderson, Al Williams, Carol Anderson, Pam Miller, Paula Crumbie, Hazel Barlow, Titus Bryant, Toni Edmundson, Donna Thomas.

Video interview with Gordon Benning, class of 1970. and his wife, Pat Benning. Mr. Benning enrolled at Centre College in 1966, just two years after the College officially integrated in 1964. Mrs. Benning, is a Danville, Ky. native, and the two dated while Mr. Benning attended Centre.

Video interview with Jim Davis, one of the first three African Americans to attend Centre College. Mr. Davis enrolled at Centre College in the fall of 1964 as the only African American male. He graduated in 1968.

Video interview with Raymond Burse, who graduated from Centre College in 1973. Mr. Burse is a distinguished Rhodes Scholar, studied organic chemistry at Oxford, and attended Harvard Law School. He has been a member of the Centre College Board of Trustees and the president of Kentucky State University.

Students pose at the Flame, one of the campus's most iconic sculptures

Titus Bryant's senior photograph. He is standing in front of "Old Centre" the administration building for Centre College and the oldest building on campus.