Blacks Flee Campus After Blasts
Race
Pomona
Scripps
Violence
Police
Black Student Union
Bombing
Racism
The title of this article affirms that the Black Student Union "fled" campus after the Pomona and Scripps campus bombings: a loaded phrasing. The wording captures the tension on campus, and implies that the BSU students feared reprisals against them for the bombings. A casual reader might also infer that by their departure, the BSU acknowledged responsibility for the bombs, which was not the case. This trend of suggestive reporting was common in newspapers around California in the weeks after the bombs.
Lewis Bell
February-July 1969 Press Scrapbook
Special Collections Archives of Ella Strong Denison Library
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
1969-02-27
Elizabeth Carleton
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Article: Blacks Flee Campus After Blasts
1969
Claremont, California
Claremont BSU Class Boycott Apparent Failure
Student
Race
Demonstration
In protest to the lack of response from administration to their ongoing campaign to garner Claremont College support for a Black Studies Center, Black Student Union members called for a rally in front of Pitzer Hall at Claremont Mckenna College on Wednesday March 5, 1969. The following day, this Los Angeles Times article reported that the Black Student Union members rallied at Claremont Men’s College (the modern-day Claremont McKenna College) but failed to gain more than 10% support from the students and faculty.
Ann Frank
February-July 1969 Press Scrapbook
Special Collections Archives of Ella Strong Denison Library
Los Angeles Times
1969-03-06
Alma Aleman
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article about BSU boycott failure
1969
Claremont, California
Black Students Say 'Not Involved' in 2 Campus Bombings
Scripps
Pomona
Race
Pictured, from left to right: Danny Wilson, Sen. Mervyn Dymally, Eileen Wilson, and Kevin Wilks. Kevin Wilks is incorrectly identified as John Payton in the article. The press coverage surrounding the February bombings continued to focus on the Black Student Union, the month following the Claremont campus bombings. The BSU members stayed calm in the face of suspicion and continued advocating for Black spaces on campus, although things looked bleak in early March. In a world rocked by the 1968 Paris protests, Black Panther demonstrations, and US anti-war agitation, the bombings engendered paranoia about how student activism might turn to violence.
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February-July 1969 Press Scrapbook
Special Collections Archives of Ella Strong Denison Library
Los Angeles Herald Examiner
1969-03-02
Elizabeth Carleton
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Article: Black Students Say 'Not Involved' in 2 Campus Bombings
1969
Claremont, California
Claremont to Attract Minorities
Consortium
Race
Administration
Newspaper article published in August 1968. It discusses the five Claremont Undergraduate Colleges' initiative to attract more students from minority groups, especially Black students. Steps taken included handing out information on the application process, available classes, and any other related material to the students and parents.
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Special Collections Archives of Ella Strong Denison Library
Azusa, California Press
1968-08-14
Angeline Louie
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1969
Claremont, California
Vietnam Moratorium Newspaper Article Oct 3, 1969
A Claremont college newspaper, the Claremont Collegian, published this article on October 3, 1969 and used it to inform members of the community about the Vietnam Moratorium "No Business as Usual" that was going to take place on October 15, 1969. It also was used to provide information about the National Vietnam Moratorium Committee based and how national gorals were lining up with local ones.
Laura Lamar
Archive of Ella Strong Denison Library
Claremont Collegian
1969-10-03
Catherine Glah
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PDF, 8x11.5 paper
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Claremont Colleges
Moratorium Coalition Committee Statement October 7, 1969
The flyer was created with the intended purpose of informing the public that while members of the Moratorium Coalition Committee did participate in other clubs and organizations, said clubs and organizations were not officially affiliated with the Coalition. Additionally, they provided information about the event.
Claremont Moratorium Coalition Committee
Special Collections Archives at Ella Strong Denison Library
Claremont Moratorium Coalition Committee
1969-10-07
Catherine Glah
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1969, Claremont Colleges, Claremont, CA
Final Report of the Washington Delegation
The Final Report of the Washington Delegation: a group of professors and students of the Claremont Colleges went to D.C. to present the effects of the Vietnam War on university campuses, with an emphasis of the events at the Claremont Colleges
The Washington Delegation
Special Collection Archives of Ella Strong Denison Library
Claremont University Center Public Information Office
1970-07-13
Rena Patel
Report, 8-11 paper
English
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Student Activism Article
An article written in an unknown newspaper about living in the 1960s that briefly mentions the on campus bombings that occurred on Feb 26th 1969
unknown
Special Collections Archives of Ella Strong Denison Library
Rena Patel
English
Text
1969
Claremont Colleges Vietnam Moratorium Program Oct 15, 1969
This program was handed out at the Claremont Colleges Vietnam Moratorium on October 15, 1969 for both protesters and bystanders to get a deeper understanding of the meaning behind the protest as well as the specific actions and terms that protesters were being told to use and perpetuate. Additionally, it was created with the purpose of education people of the intended outcome of the activism.
Eric Sundquist, Jim Kulk, and Doug Mitchell
Archive of Ella Strong Denison Library
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1969-10-15
Catherine Glah
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Claremont Colleges
Poster Calling for Fasting Volunteers
A hand made poster calling students to join a fast, "in connection with protests of involvement in southeast Asia."
Bob Gold & Jennifer Jaffe
Denison Special Collection Archive: Student Activism
1960s
Alissa Merz
8.5"x11" PDF
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Fasting Poster
Claremont, CA 1960s