Our founders, The 1968 BSU Strikers, in conversation with Africana Studies Faculty

1968 – 2021: Our founders, The 1968 BSU Strikers, in conversation with Africana Studies Faculty Today

While in town from various locations to attend the October homegoing of fellow founder, Jerry Vernardo, members of the 1968 BSU who launched the strike that created Black Studies here at San Francisco State, which ultimately led to the creation of the College of Ethnic Studies, joined in conversation with Africana Studies faculty in a wonderfully engaging and sharing of aspirations then and now. The meeting was held in San Francisco at the Pentecostal Temple C.O.G.I.C founded by the father of striker Benny Stewart, and where he and striker Sharon Jones — now an Africana Studies professor — grew up attending.

Members: Mark Allan Davis, Sharon Jones, Abul Petri, Benny Stewart, Danny Glover, Bernard Stringer, Dorothy Tsuruta, Arnold Townsend