February 10, 1971
BSU participated in event at Friends University.

April 1, 1971
Black students from six Kansas colleges started working to establish the Associated Colleges of Central Kansas (ACCK) Black Student Union. Kevin Hair, McPherson student and one of the organizers, said, “Racism and irrelevance are widespread on every campus in one form or another and each campus will deal with it, though the organization, in its own way.”

April 2, 1971
ACCK Minority Conference at McPherson

April 5, 1974
Black Student Union presented “The sounds of Blackness,” a program of dance, music, poetry, readings, and lecture.

May 7, 1975
Black Student Union presents “In Black America.” This was a one hour and fifteen minute program of a one-man dramatic presentation which depicted various events in Black History in the United States from 1860 through 1975. The program was composed of two parts. The first part was entitled “The Black Experience” and the second part was a tribute to the late Dr. Martin Luther King. Both segments were accompanied by a musical background. The performance was done by John Coy Gaston, an instructor in the Department of Minority Studies at Wichita State University and the Artistic Director of the Black Theatrical Group One People.

May 10, 1976
ACCK Minority Council Seminar on the Black Press at Kansas Wesleyan.

February 12, 1978
Black Week consisted of chapel, music, soul food, speaker, art exhibit, and a movie. During this year, Letti Lockhart changed the organization's name from BSU to MSU.

February 16, 1979
Adetuniji Joda and Irepo Dancers and Drummers African Dance Performance took place at Presser Hall.

April 4, 1979
Martin Luther King Memorial Service was held and Ernest Alexander was the featured singer.

February 23-March 23, 1980
“The Fredrick Douglass Years,” a Smithsonian photographic representation of the life of one of American history’s most influential black leaders was on display at the Birger Sandzen Memorial Gallery. This was the Black History month event along with films and a play.

January 30, 1985
Black History Month a four part series took place. Chapel, film festival, soul food, lecture, Swede Basketball Classic, talent show were the events that took place.

February 4-March 9, 1988
Patterns was a series of events that celebrated the diversity and strength of the people of the United States, including theatre, art show, one woman documentary show, night club, dance, poetry reading, lecture, and convocation.

April 23, 1989
BC MSU attended ACCK Minorities Conference at Bethel College

February 11, 1990
MSU and SAB cosponsored “Katherine Davis and Friends,” who performed a program of classic and Chicago blues music, gospel, and jazz.

March 14, 1991
Indian Folklore drama by the Thunderbird Theatre from Haskell Indian Junior College of Lawrence, Kansas was held in the Burnett Center at Bethany College. The show, open to the public without charge, was sponsored by the BC Multicultural Student Association, Student Activities Board, and Campus Ministries Coordinators, according to SSA vice-president Cinthia M. Acosta, sophomore form Lindsborg. “This will be a dramatization on Indian Folklore from different tribes, by the Haskell theatre company,” Acosta said.

April 2, 1996
"Each One, Teach One" - Multicultural Student Conference held on the Bethany College campus.