On November 21, 1968, 94 African American students at Wisconsin State University–Oshkosh (now UW–Oshkosh) demonstrated inside the president's offices in Dempsey Hall. They protested racial discrimination and pressed for fairer treatment by university officials, African American history and literature courses, and better housing options. Office property was damaged during the protest, although accounts of how this happened conflict and student involvement varied. Police arrested the group. UW–Oshkosh's detailed historical account says 90 were expelled and four suspended after disciplinary proceedings. The event, later called 'Black Thursday,' ignited debates over civil rights, academic freedom and due process. In 2011 the university installed an indoor historical marker on Dempsey Hall's second floor honoring the Oshkosh 94. Their activism remains a significant episode in Wisconsin's struggle for racial and educational equality.