Finding Aid of the USC Black Alumni Association records 5030
Jacqueline Morin and Sue Luftschein
USC Libraries Special Collections
2018
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0189
specol@usc.edu
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: University of Southern California Black Alumni Association records
creator:
University of Southern California. Black Alumni Association
Identifier/Call Number: 5030
Identifier/Call Number: 1303
Physical Description:
2 Linear Feet
2 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1984-2004
Abstract: USC's Black Alumni Association was begun in 1976 by Dr. Thomas Kilgore, although in its early years it was known as the Ebonics
Support Group. In addition to having a voice for the Black community at USC, the original mission of Ebonics was to give
merit scholarships, based on need, to minority students--Black as well as Latino and Asian-American--since no alumni groups
existed for those communities. By 1986, Ebonics had evolved into the Black Alumni Association/Ebonics Support Group to better
reflect that it was also an alumni association--shortening its name to the USC BAA/ESG, and eventually to just the BAA. Around
the same time, it was decided that the BAA would adopt its by-laws and structure similar to the USC General Alumni Association
(GAA), which is the University-wide alumni association. And like the GAA, the BAA's mission includes recruiting, mentoring,
and alumni affairs, in addition to awarding scholarships.
The records in this collection include organization histories and fact sheets, clippings and ephemera related to the annual
scholarship dinner and other events, meeting agendas and minutes, by-laws, newsletters, membership information, and a Board
of Directors handbook (2004).
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USC's Black Alumni Association was begun in 1976 by Dr. Thomas Kilgore, although in its early years it was known as the Ebonics
Support Group. In addition to having a voice for the Black community at USC, the original mission of Ebonics was to give
merit scholarships, based on need, to minority students--Black as well as Latino and Asian-American--since no alumni groups
existed for those communities. By 1986, Ebonics had evolved into the Black Alumni Association/Ebonics Support Group to better
reflect that it was also an alumni association--shortening its name to the USC BAA/ESG, and eventually to just the BAA. Around
the same time, it was decided that the BAA would adopt its by-laws and structure similar to the USC General Alumni Association
(GAA), which is the University-wide alumni association. And like the GAA, the BAA's mission is expanded to include recruiting,
mentoring, alumni affairs, etc. By 1988, Lura Daniels-Ball had secured a donation of $100,000 from Coors Brewery that would
establish the Coors/Kilgore Endowment to build towards a $1,000,000 endowment. In addition to endowments, funding for scholarships
is obtained through membership dues, individual gifts, corporate contributions, and several fundraising events including an
annual scholarship fundraising dinner each spring.
The records in this collection include organization histories and fact sheets, clippings and ephemera related to the annual
scholarship dinner and other events, meeting agendas and minutes, by-laws, newsletters, membership information, and a Board
of Directors handbook (2004).
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All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian.
Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended
to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
[Box/folder# or item name], USC Black Alumni Association records, Collection no. 5030, University Archives, USC Libraries,
University of Southern California
The collection is unprocessed.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
African American college students -- Scholarships, fellowships, etc. -- Archival resources
Fund raising -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Agendas (administrative records)
Bylaws (administrative records)
Minutes
Printed ephemera
University of Southern California. Black Alumni Association -- Archives
Kilgore, Thomas, 1913-1998 -- Archival resources
University of Southern California -- Alumni and alumnae