| NYU president Hester in a public address declared that "if they [black Americans] are to move forward, we must offer exceptional treatment. I see our action today as the institution of discrimination in favor of black Americans." NYU’s most recent race estimate had found only 1,800 black students out of a total student body of 41,000. | | |
| b/w photograph of Hester at MLK memorial service, April 1968. NYU Archives Photo Collection. |
| On April 11, the University Senate proceeded to adopt the recommendations of the student faculty committee and of BASA (Black Allied Students Association) by approving the recruitment of black professors and students. The University also agrees to establishing a Martin Luther King, Jr. Institute to "increase university research and instruction in subjects dealing with history, culture and current Afro-American affairs." |
| b/w photograph of MLK poster, April 1968. NYU Archives Photo Collection. |