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Title
Black Students Occupy Building in Protest
Date Created and/or Issued
1969-01-09T08:00:00Z
Publication Information
Chapman University Digital Commons
Contributing Institution
Chapman University, Frank Mt. Pleasant Library of Special Collections and Archives
Collection
UPI - The African American Experience 1930-1980
Rights Information
copyrighted
UPI retains the copyright on all photographs. Permission to use photographs must be obtained from United Press International.
Description
Waltham, Mass.: Negro students relax inside Ford Hall at Brandeis University late Jan. 6 after taking over the building earlier in the day. The University's central switchboard located in the building was also taken over by the students. The Negro students accused the school of welching on demands made following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Type
Image
Format
image/jpeg
Identifier
http://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/upi_african_american/146
Subject
African Americans
History
United States
Prejudice
Desegregation
Civil rights movement
Black Panthers
African American Studies
United States History
Source
UPI - The African American Experience 1930-1980

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