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Roskens, who led UNO from 1972 to 1977, and led the University of Nebraska System from 1977 to 1989, died on Sunday, Feb. 27. The UNO flag will be lowered in his memory on Wednesday, March 2.
In 1969, a group of 54 UNO students came together to demand a Black Studies class be brought to the university. It took them getting arrested and two years to pass before the Department of Black Studies was established.