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Title
A Non-Violent Student Sit-In in the Dean of Students' Office, 1969
Creator
Mike Moore, student newspaper photographer
Contributor
University Communications Photograph Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1969
Publication Information
Santa Clara University Archives
Contributing Institution
Santa Clara University
Collection
Santa Clara University Archives Silicon Valley History Online Collection
Rights Information
Santa Clara University can only claim physical ownership of the collection. Users are responsible for satisfying any claims of the copyright holder. Permission to copy or publish any portion of Santa Clara University's collection must be given by Santa Clara University.
Description
Black-and-white photograph of a non-violent student sit-in in the Dean of Students' Office. On May 7th, 1969, about seventy students staged Santa Clara's first sit-in in Jerry McGrath's office (Dean of Students) to protest the firing of two student prefects for having violated a housing regulation limiting male-female visits in the residence halls. Acc. 986-089, cn28166
Type
image
Format
20 x 25 cm.
Identifier
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt9d5nc8np
cstclu 986089.stnl.prot.28166
Language
English
Subject
African Americans; Civil rights demonstrations; College students; Diversity; Education; People; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Santa Clara University (Calif.); Student life; Women
Source
lcsh, tgm I

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