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"Negotiation On Black Demands Continues; Student Meetings Scheduled for Tonight" Scarlet & Black: December 1st, 1971 Item Info
- Title:
- "Negotiation On Black Demands Continues; Student Meetings Scheduled for Tonight" Scarlet & Black: December 1st, 1971
- Creator:
- Scarlet & Black
- Date Created:
- 1971-12-01
- Description:
- On the morning of November 29th, 1971, over 50 students occupied Burling Library. At the time, the office of the president, as well as other college administrative offices, resided in Burling, and it was a main hub of campus activity. The students chained the doors, prevented white patrons from entering, and distributed The Black Manifesto: a list of 10 demands designed to improve campus life for black students and faculty. The Scarlet and Black included a photo taken outside the library during the Takeover, where the signs of the protesting students can be seen. This is possibly the only photo of the first Burling Library Take Over. The front article covers the different campus meetings that will discuss the demands made during the Burling Take Over. The article " 'NBC' retracted" reports on a racist flier that satirized the Black Manifesto.
- Subjects:
- Reactions to the Takeover Burling Library Takeover of '71 & '72 Black Library
- People:
- Lawrence Wright '72 Virginius B. Thornton III, Professor Glenn Leggett, Grinnell President 1965-1975 Waldo “Wally” Walker, Dean Russell N. McGregor '73 Conney Kimbo, Dean of Students
- Location:
- Scarlet & Black Offices at The Forum
- Latitude:
- 41.747739143449095
- Longitude:
- -92.72009910237777
- Source:
- Grinnell College
- Type:
- Text; newspaper
- Format:
- application/pdf
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- ""Negotiation On Black Demands Continues; Student Meetings Scheduled for Tonight" Scarlet & Black: December 1st, 1971", The Burling Library Takeover & The Creation of The Black Library, Grinnell College Libraries
- Reference Link:
- /items/dg_1712600259.html
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