“The move from the basement of Churchill to a building closer to the green represents an increase of status and stature of minority affairs on campus. It will facilitate interaction. It’s an important commitment the university is making to students.”
–Third World Center Director Preston Smith (1986)
In 1986, the Third World Center moved
from its home in the basement of
Churchill House to more spacious
accommodations in Partridge Hall, one
outcome of a series of protests held by
Third World Students in 1985. The brick,
slate and clapboard building with gabled
roofs and ornamental chimneys provides a
home to the organization which was
designed to serve the interests of all
students of color and to promote racial
and ethnic pluralism in the Brown
community. In 2014, the center was
renamed to the Brown Center for Students
of Color.