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"Blacks Commandeer Room in Burling" Scarlet & Black: February 18th, 1972 Item Info
- Title:
- "Blacks Commandeer Room in Burling" Scarlet & Black: February 18th, 1972
- Creator:
- Scarlet & Black
- Date Created:
- 1972-02-18
- Description:
- The S&B article covers the 2nd Library Takeover. The main photo features Dean Walker addressing the students who were reshelving books in the Twentieth Century Room to protest the lack of a Black Library. Two other photos of students reshelving books and sitting in the 20th century room are included. The involvement of Professor Virginius Thorton is documented, as are his comments that he believed this action would lead to him being fired.
- Subjects:
- Burling Library Burling Library Takeover of '71 & '72 Black Manifesto Demands Black Library
- People:
- Virginius B. Thornton III, Professor Waldo “Wally” Walker, Dean Russell N. McGregor '73 Alan "Al" D. Wheat '73 Lawrence Wright '72 Allen Hammond ‘72 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:
- ""Blacks Commandeer Room in Burling" Scarlet & Black: February 18th, 1972", The Burling Library Takeover & The Creation of The Black Library, Grinnell College Libraries
- Reference Link:
- /items/dg_1712600262.html
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- Rights:
- Copyright to this work is held by the author(s), in accordance with United States copyright law (USC 17). Readers of this work have certain rights as defined by the law, including but not limited to fair use (17 USC 107 et seq.).