The Multicultural Center at Purdue Fort Wayne

08/01/2025

BUFFALO SOLDIERS DAY | Today, we commemorate the formation of the first regular Army regiments composed of African American soldiers in 1866. https://bit.ly/4f4RNpr

06/16/2025

Need another reason to sign up for our Juneteenth Week of Action? Here’s one: 100 people who register & attend each of our events are eligible for an exclusive Color Of Change care package!* 🎁

As you reclaim, restore, and invest with us, we want to do the same for you! Our care packages include a Color Of Change branded shirt, tote bag, notebook, and even more goodies that will show your dedication to the cause .

Deck yourself out in COC merch while partnering with us for this incredible week of action. Click the link to sign up for an event today! https://www.mobilize.us/colorofchange/

*U.S. only, one package per participant

05/27/2025

It’s so hard to say Goodbye, but you are welcome to stop by the office - Walb118 to see if you can use some cultural decorations, G2G shirts, PFW items or office related stuff. Everything if free for the taking,

05/25/2025

It has been a please working to serve the students at I and P FW. Diversity Matters, Equity Matters and living in an Inclusive World Matters. For those who attended our events over the years, I hope that you meet someone that you didn't know, learn something from a different perspective and learn to dance to a different tune, I wish you all the best and hope that you use your education to make this world a better place for everyone.

rlm

" When everyone is included, everyone wins"
Jesse Jackson

05/08/2025

On May 4, 1961, thirteen civil rights activists—seven Black and six white—departed Washington, D.C., on Greyhound and Trailways buses, embarking on a journey through the Deep South to challenge the non-enforcement of Supreme Court decisions that had declared segregation in interstate travel unconstitutional. These Freedom Riders, organized by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), aimed to test compliance with rulings such as Boynton v. Virginia (1960), which prohibited segregation in bus terminals. Despite the legal victories, Southern states largely ignored these mandates, and the federal government failed to enforce them.  

The Riders faced severe violence, including the firebombing of a bus in Anniston, Alabama, and brutal beatings in Birmingham. These attacks garnered national attention and pressured the federal government to act. On May 29, 1961, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy petitioned the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) to enforce desegregation in interstate travel. The ICC issued regulations that took effect on November 1, 1961, mandating the desegregation of interstate bus travel facilities.   



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in 1961: The original 13 Freedom Riders left Washington, D.C. for New Orleans on two Greyhound buses.

Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who made bus trips throughout the South protesting segregation by using “whites-only” restrooms and lunch counters at bus stations. The group was often confronted by police officers, bystanders, and violent mobs.

In the fall of 1961, the Freedom Riders’ activism led the U.S. Interstate Commerce Commission to ban segregation in interstate bus travel. 🙌🏿 repost

04/28/2025

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04/28/2025