History & Hope: Sac State professor Dr. Robert Stanley Oden on fighting for racial equality Share Updated: 1:12 PM PST Feb 22, 2021 By Julian Gaskins Share Updated: 1:12 PM PST Feb 22, 2021
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Show Transcript LICENSE PLATE 8 UKN 742. WILLIAMS IS BEING HELD ON ELEVEN MILLION DOLLARS BAIL. ALL THIS MONTH, WE’RE SPEAKING WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN PUSHING FOR RACIAL EQUALIT WALTER: IN 1967, DR. STANLEY ODEN KNEW WHEN HE STEPPED ON THE CAMPUS OF U.C. DAVIS HE WOULD TAKE HIS KNOWLEDGE BACK TO HIS HOMETOWN OF SAN DIEGO AND HELP HIS COMMUNITY. BRANDI: THE FORMER MEMBER OF THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY AND NOW A PROFESSOR AT SACRAMENTO STATE ENCOURAGED DIVERSITY AND PUSHED EVERYONE AROUND HIM TO FIGHT FOR EQUALITY. WALTER: THE NOW 73-YEAR-OLD AUTHOR WAS ONE OF ONLY 40 AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS ON T U.C. DAVIS CAMPUS, BUT THAT DIDN’T STOP HIM FROM CREATING THE BLACK STUDENT UNION WHICH STILL EXISTS TODAY BRANDI: IN OUR PROJECT COMMUNITY: H