Black Thursday: How A Sunny Day 50 Years Ago Left A Stain On UF
/ Black students assemble in front of Tigert Hall on the morning of April 15, 1971, in preparation for their confrontation with Stephen O'Connell. On April 15, 1971, a group of Black students marched to Tigert Hall with six demands in hand. Then-UF President Stephen C. O'Connell threatened to suspend them all unless they vacated the premises immediately, and the students ended up in jail. Procrastinating Americans woke up on that April day knowing their taxes were due. President Richard Nixon had just eased a trade embargo on China. The Supreme Court was deciding whether busing was a consti...