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Scarlet & Black: March 3rd, 1972 Item Info
- Title:
- Scarlet & Black: March 3rd, 1972
- Creator:
- Scarlet & Black
- Date Created:
- 1972-03-03
- Description:
- A lesser known example of activism for the Black Library is the Circulation Demonstration of February 29th, 1972. About 40 Black students checked out over 800 books between 10 and 11 pm. All the books were reported to be relevant to Black Studies and were loaded into a van that went to the BCC. Earlier that day, the library received an anonymous call informing them that some sort of demonstration was going to take place that night over the College’s decision to fire Alan Nasser. Librarian Henry Alden reported to Dean Wally Walker that the students did not violate any library rules in this demonstration, but did keep the library unusually busy. See Page 1: "Library Circulation Rises". Other relevant articles: Page 5 "Lessons from 2 Hot issues", "Mckee Named New Librarian", Page 7: "Propose Small Black Library"
- Subjects:
- Burling Library Life at Grinnell for Black Students Black Library
- People:
- Waldo “Wally” Walker, Dean Duane Taylor '73 Patricia Swansey '74 Glenn Leggett, Grinnell President 1965-1975
- 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:
- "Scarlet & Black: March 3rd, 1972", The Burling Library Takeover & The Creation of The Black Library, Grinnell College Libraries
- Reference Link:
- /items/dg_1712600267.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.).