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‘History is happening’: Black Built Pitt organizers reflect on project

By Abby Cardilli, Staff Writer • March 2, 2022

The Black Built Pitt digital archive is the fourth installment of Pitt’s “Black Lives in Focus” initiative.

BAS, AAAC commemorate 1969 computer center takeover with virtual sit-in

By Betul Tuncer, Assistant News Editor • January 18, 2022

Black Pitt students staged a 1969 sit-in to demand changes for Black students and faculty on campus. The Black Action Society and the African American Alumni Council hosted a Saturday virtual sit-in to commemorate the historic computer center takeover’s 53rd anniversary.

‘They wanted to be seen’: African American Alumni Council discusses BAS demands, racial justice efforts

By Punya Bhasin and Rebecca Johnson • October 23, 2020

Nearly 50 years after the Black Action Society’s famous Cathedral of Learning sit-in to demand campus reforms, Nicole Parks said Thursday it’s “sad” that BAS and 17 other Black student organizations were forced to make similar demands this summer.

Black Action Society, 17 Black student orgs make demands of University administration

By Jon Moss, Editor-in-Chief • June 22, 2020

The Black Action Society and 17 other Black Pitt student organizations joined together Monday to demand change from the University administration.

Black alumni celebrate 50-year anniversary of historic sit-in

By Ashton Crawley, Staff Writer • October 24, 2019

Pitt alumna Linda Wharton is celebrating a special anniversary this year — 50 years since the Black Action Society sit-in that helped expand the black student body and found her a place at Pitt.