After four hours the building takeover ended peacefully.

President Charles Odegaard won praise for settling the confrontation without violence and for agreeing to the substance of the BSUвЂ™s demands.Д¬ampus police and administrators threatened to arrest the demonstrators but held back from actually doing so. Two weeks later, the BSU moved in the Administration Building. In this May 6 letter, the second sent to President Odegaard, the BSU explained in detail its critique of UWвЂ™s admission practices and вЂњracistвЂќ curricullum. Photos: Museum of History and Industry, Seattle PI Collection. Brisker speaks to reporters at the conclusion of the four hour standoff.

This essay is part of the special section, The Black Student Union at UW: Black Power on Campus which features video interviews with activists, a film, photos, documents, and reports about the BSU and its history making impact in SeattleДЄbove: Reporters and photographers wait for news outside room where BSU and administrators meet. As supporters gather outside, supplies and at least one student are hoisted to the third floor. In a tense confrontation, adminstrators are barricaded in an inner office while protestors hold the outer office and police control the rest of the building. May 20, 1968: Members of the BSU enter the Administration building where President Odegaard is meeting with the Faculty Senate Executive Committee.

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