The Nation - News from April 11, 1988

Black students at Penn State University who were arrested after a 15-hour sit-in at a school building gathered at a local church off campus in State College, Pa., and said they still hope to meet with the university president to discuss minority concerns. “As long as we have one voice and stay consistent, we can pretty much have the university do what they say they want to do,” Robert Blair, a student leader, told a group of 100 protesters and supporters. Blair and other student leaders have said Penn State has failed to live up to promises to adequately increase black enrollment and faculty, and give blacks equal opportunity.