Various activities planned in Columbia for Black History Month
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Members of the Legion of Black Collegians march in a peaceful protest during the 1990 Homecoming parade to raise awareness of racial problems at MU. LBC was established in 1968 to give African-American students a voice in student government.
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Legion of Black Collegians members shake hands with non-member students in 1978.
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Six hundred people participated in a civil rights rally Sept. 11, 1974. The Rev. John Barber, a speechwriter for Martin Luther King Jr., was featured at the event.
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Homecoming Queen Vivian King poses with Homecoming King Marvin Cobbs in 1985 on Francis Quadrangle. King and Cobbs were the first black Homecoming royalty pair.
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Arvarh Strickland delivers the keynote speech at convocation ceremony celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Legion of Black Collegians on Oct. 17, 1993. Strickland became the first black faculty member at MU in 1969 and continues to be honored on campus with the General Classroom Building renamed Strickland Hall in October 2007.
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