Keni Washington
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Keni Washington, Class of 1968, shares his memories of the tumultuous 1960s at Stanford. He discusses his journey from military school graduate and ROTC cadet to anti-Vietnam War activist and provides important context about Taking the Mic, including the Black Student Union’s desire to avoid violence and previous negotiations between black students and the administration. Washington also reflects on human and animal rights issues and speaks about the complicated nature of his relationship with Stanford. He concludes by emphasizing that in “Taking the Mic” black students were engaged, not in an extracurricular activity, but in a “desperate act of survival.”
Description
Type of resource | sound recording-nonmusical, text |
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Extent | 1 audio file; 1 text file |
Place | Stanford (Calif.) |
Date created | April 8, 2019 |
Language | English |
Digital origin | born digital |
Creators/Contributors
Interviewee | Washington, Keni | |
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Interviewer | Hartwig, Daniel | |
Publisher | Stanford Historical Society |
Subjects
Subject | Stanford University |
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Subject | African American college students |
Subject | Universities and colleges > Alumni and alumnae |
Subject | Stanford University. Students > 1960s |
Genre | Interview |
Bibliographic information
Transcript |
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Finding Aid | |
Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/fz345wq4756 |
Location | SC1473 |
Repository | Stanford University. Libraries. Department of Special Collections and University Archives |
Access conditions
- Use and reproduction
- The materials are open for research use and may be used freely for non-commercial purposes with an attribution. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA. For commercial permission requests, please contact the copyright holders or Stanford University Archives (universityarchives@stanford.edu).
- Copyright
- Copyright © Keni Washington, 2020.
Collection
Stanford University, Stanford National Black Alumni Association, Records, 2019
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