Emily+Chervenik+-+black+students

This interview was taken with Emily Chervenik an administrator at the University of Wisconsin. She talks about how there was a key issue for black support in education, such as receiving career counseling. The blacks were being able to hear black speakers who were graduating talk about their experiences. She also says that blacks would stay in college for as long as possible even with no goal at the end just to avoid being drafted for Veitnam.There was confrontation with the police and as a result of that she says that most of the protestors were white and that the black just stepped back and "let the whites carry the ball for them". This happened from Feb. - March of 1969.

http://archives.library.wisc.edu/uw-archives/exhibits/protests/Oral%20History%20Clips/Black%20Student%20Strike%20Audio/Chervenik_20_black_students_protests.mp3