History
In 1968, one hundred students found
themselves at the University at Albany with
one great thing in common: they were the
only Black and Latin students on the campus.
These students, motivated by the absence of
a place to fulfill their cultural as well as
academic needs, banded together, protested
and took over the university's administration building. In the end, they were victorious. Today, because of these students, the
University at Albany campus has both an Africana Studies Department and a Latin-Caribbean Studies Department. In 1972,
these students joined together once again and
formed Educational Opportunities Program-Student Association (EOP-SA) which was
later changed to Albany State University
Black Alliance (ASUBA).
For thirty-seven years, ASUBA has
maintained the goals of its predecessors by establishing an atmosphere where people of
the Afrikan Diaspora can coalesce and meet their cultural, spiritual, and academic needs. ASUBA has retained its commitment to
raising consciousness, social development,
and cultural upliftment. As the years go by,
ASUBA will continue to strengthen its
motto: " In Unity there is Strength . " |
