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Claremont Paves Way For Black Studies Center

The Daily Report, a local newspaper for Ontario and Upland, reported on the Claremont Colleges’ and the Black Student Union joint announcement of the…

Claremont to Attract Minorities and Claremont Colleges Seeking Minority Group Students and More Negro Students Sought by Colleges

These articles, while having nearly identical text, have distinct titles and, in the case of one article, distinct presentations. They likely draw…

Mrs. Meder Evers named assistant to the director to the Claremont Colleges' Center for Educational Opportunity

These brief but interesting articles highlight the little-known fact that Myrlie Evers-Williams was appointed to a position at the Claremont Colleges…

Fear Grips Local Campus

This article documents the suspicion and fearmongering against the BSU that continued to mount as the community panicked over the possibility of…

Bomb Victim May Lose Sight; School Helps Negroes Hide Out

The February bombings at Pomona College and Scripps College shocked the whole community. All Black students and faculty evacuated campus following…

Black Student Union Demands: The proposed courses of action at the colleges

This article describes at length the colleges’ plan to cultivate a more racially and economically diverse student body and connects that change to the…

Statement By The Presidents of The Claremont Colleges In Response To The Black Students Union

In this official public statement, the presidents of the five Claremont Colleges, and the Claremont University Center pledged to start building a…

More Negroes Sought By Colleges

An article concerning the campaign launched by the Claremont Colleges to enroll more minority students. The article contains the same text as…

Black-Studies Plan Shaped at Claremont

Despite a tense campus atmosphere following demonstrations, the Claremont colleges moved forward with the Black Studies Center in March. The Black…