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These brief but interesting articles highlight the little-known fact that Myrlie Evers-Williams was appointed to a position at the Claremont Colleges as part of the movement towards racial equity. Additionally, they recount an effort from the…

Newspaper article from This Week published in March 1969. This article briefly discuses the term "generation gap" and how it came to mean more than "parents not understanding their children." It also touches on the topic of change, stating that "even…

An article concerning the campaign launched by the Claremont Colleges to enroll more minority students. The article contains the same text as "Claremont to Attract Minorities" and "Claremont Colleges Seeking Minority Group Students" under a different…

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…

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…

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…

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.

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.

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