Broadcasting student LaQuan Richardson creates this moment from 1972 of student Andrew Boone waiting outside of DSU for the Greyhound to take him home. This photo can be found in WKU’s 1973 Talisman.

In 1972, a collective group of students under the name United Black Students, according to WKU’s 1973 Talisman, held a sit-in in the Wetherby Administration Building. Alumni present at the sit-in have reported that several student groups including the Black Student Union attended. The below list of students and staff took a moment to learn about the event and recreate this moment in the photo. 

Those featured include:  Aliyah Frazier (Pre-Nursing), Serena Regans (Broadcasting), Nieya Dorsey ( Business Management), Roderick Maul (Educational Leadership Doctoral Program), Aune’Trae Johnson (Psychology), Christian Harper (Sports Management), Ja’Nya Farmer (Social Work), Avery L. Wells (Political Science), Shukuru Abonga (Criminology), Malijah McGill (Sports Management), Adeife Ajayi (Pre-Nursing), Conyae Cherry (Political Science), Joshua Hayes (Director, Title IX Deputy/Investigator, and University ADA Coordinator, Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action/University ADA Services, Institutional Equity)

Lady Topper and Sports Management major Mya Meredith is featured side-by-side with the first Black female basketball player at WKU, Cecilia Dixon. She joined the Lady Toppers team in 1973. This photo can be found in WKU’s 1974 Talisman.

Tijuan Neal, a graduate student in Family and Marriage Counseling, recreated this moment from 1974 when Greg McKinney, the first Black student regent sat in a classroom with other students. Students in the background include Kiki Muldrow (Business Administration and Acting), Aysha Stovall (Healthcare Administration), Christopher Bussell (Environmental Health and Safety), and Derick Tarr (Pre-Nursing). The original image can be found in WKU’s 1975 Talisman.

Healthcare Administration major Aysha Stovall recreated this moment from 1975 when Toni Wearren read “Now Ain’t That Love?” by Carolyn Rogers during a Sandwich Reading Hour of Black poetry on North Lawn, according to WKU’s 1976 Talisman. Stovall is the president of Blaq Art Nouveau, a student organization that celebrates a variety of art.

A representative from each of WKU’s NPHC came together to recreate this image from the United Black Greeks organization that was formed in 1976. Today, WKU has each of the nine historically black fraternities and sororities that make up the Divine 9, National Pan-Hellenic Council. View this photo and read the story in WKU’s 1976 Talisman. 

Students featured:
Iota Phi Theta: Ryan Jones - WKU Alumni
Omega Psi Phi: LaQuan Richardson - Broadcasting
Alpha Phi Alpha: Jeremiah Morrow - Exercise Science
Phi Beta Sigma: Jay York - Graduated with Sociology/Criminology Degree
Kappa Alpha Psi: Christian Harper - Sports Management
Delta Sigma Theta: Tarien Harp - Strategic Marketing 
Alpha Kappa Alpha: Dasia Finch - Business Data Analytics
Zeta Phi Beta: Ja’Nya Farmer - Social Work 
Sigma Gamma Rho: Taliah Guthrie - Psychology and Criminology 

WKU students Mekhi Burrell-Hall, a Broadcasting major, and Conyae Cherry, a Political Science major, recreated this photo from the 1975 Talisman. In the original photo, Karl Anderson memorizes his notes as Trina George reads a magazine in the language lab at the Ivan Wilson Fine Arts Center, according to the caption.

Te’Awnah Hayden and Ahria Dunn, both Elementary Education majors, recreated a photo in the Student Success Center. The original, from the 1978 Talisman, shows Sandra Waller and Lacreasa Page, both freshmen, participating in the College Reading Improvement Program. Now, CEBS freshmen can participate in a peer mentor program or work with The Literacy Center.

Pre-nursing student, Derick Tarr, recreated this photo of Sherman Williams.
Williams was one of the few male nurses in his class and is pictured in WKU's 1981 Talisman checking a patient's blood pressure while working at St. Anthony’s in Louisville.

Silas Foster, a Computer Science major, recreates a photo from WKU's 1974 Talisman of Walter Springer, a biology student in WKU’s Ogden College taking a protistology lab final.