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This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2021-10-20T11:28-0400 English Describing Archives: A Content Standard J. Love Benton Oral History Transcript and Compact Disc Recording RG.42.181 Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections 0.02 Cubic feet 2021 April 5 English (1) letter file folder J. Love Benton was an undergraduate member of the Afrikan Student Union, a Black activist organization that held an eight-day sit-in at Bricker Hall in 1998 to protest the University administration’s then-proposed changes for the Office of Minority Affairs. Because of the sit-in, Benton and other members convinced administrators to halt the rstructuring process and to launch a national search for a new Vice Provost of Minority Affairs. Arrangement of Materials

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 Acquisitions Information

Accession No. UA.2021.032: J. Love Benton, 2021 April

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[identification of item], J. Love Benton Oral History Transcript and Compact Disc Recording, RG.42.181, Ohio State University Archives, Ohio State University

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Contains a compact disc.

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 Scope and Contents

The J. Love Benton Oral History Transcript and Compact Disc Recording, dated April 5, 2021, contains a transcript and audio recording on compact disc of an oral history interview of J. Love Benton. In it, Benton discusses her time as an undergraduate at Ohio State, from 1997 to 2000. In it, she discusses her involvement and leadership roles in the Afrikan Student Organization, which staged an eight-day sit-in in 1998 protesting the University's proposed restructuring of the then-Office of Minority Affairs.

 [Biographical/Historical] Note

J. Love Benton was an undergraduate at The Ohio State University from Winter 1997 to June 2000 when she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Agriculture. During that time, she was a member of the Afrikan Student Union, an activist organization fighting for Black rights on campus, and she founded Students for Equal Rights and Justice, a group for students who were not Black but who wanted to support the Afrikan Student Union's mission.

 Accession Number UA.2021.0132 0.02 Cubic feet 2021 April 5 (1) letter file folder Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

(1) compact disc

 Oral history interview transcript Oral History 14 2021 April 5 Oral history interview audio recording Oral History 14 2021 April 5 Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements Compact disc: approximate run time: 49 minutes