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The presidents of the Claremont Colleges jointly announce their support of the proposed Black Studies Center.

This is an open letter from Mark H. Curtis, president of Scripps College from 1964-1976, to parents of students and alumnae regarding recent protests and proposals for a Center for Black Studies as well as an effort to increase representation of…

This is a mimeograph of a proposed model of the demonstration policy. They ask that all protests remain peaceful, non-violent, and non-disruptive.

Document outlining what types of protests are acceptable at Scripps College. The document notes that students have the right to protest but in non-obstructive ways. Document is a mimeograph hand edited with pencil.

Contrafact lyrics written to the tune of "Blurred Lines". The purpose of these lyrics is to alter a song which promotes rape culture into a song about the importance of consent.

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…

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…

In this article from the days following the bombings, Claremont Colleges Provost Mark Curtis is quoted describing how his administration had decided to move the 65 Black students at the Colleges to off-campus housing. Although there was no evidence…