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African American college students.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Other term: Afro-American college students. College students, African American. College students, Negro.

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Peace newspaper issue

 Collection — Box 09-01-06
Identifier: MSS-088
Scope and Contents Note

This collection contains one issue of the Peace newspaper published in 1969. This particular issue deals almost entirely with subjects of racism and African American students on campus. A major topic is the elimination of the Job Corps program on Northern Michigan University's campus.

Dates: 1969
Found in: Central Upper Peninsula and Northern Michigan University Archives / Peace newspaper issue

Robert F. McClellan papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-311
Scope and Content Note The McClellan papers offer excellent documentation of the faculty organization and agitation for union recognition in the early 1970s. The collection also offers insight into the establishment of the AAUP after becoming the collective bargaining unit for the faculty at Northern Michigan University. McClellan was the informal faculty advisor for the Black Student Union, and his papers include records documenting the black student sit-in of the dean of students office in 1969. Records...
Dates: 1963 - 1985
Found in: Central Upper Peninsula and Northern Michigan University Archives / Robert F. McClellan papers

Skye Patrick Oral History Interview

 Digital Record
Identifier: http://archives.nmu.edu/Oral_History_Audio/Skye_Patrick_Interview.wav
Dates: 2016-09-14
Found in: Central Upper Peninsula and Northern Michigan University Archives

Underground Student Newspapers

 Collection — Box 07-07-01
Identifier: MSS-434
Content Description

This collection contains copies of various independent student newspapers. The collection does not represent a complete set of each paper. The Director of Student Activities, Carol Huntoon, appears to have collected the papers. The file containing copies of "Peace" and the controversy surrounding the NMU Adinistration's attempt to censor the paper is of particular interest.

Dates: 1967 - 1978
Found in: Central Upper Peninsula and Northern Michigan University Archives / Underground Student Newspapers

ABOUT THIS COLLECTION GUIDE

This collection guide includes collections from member organizations of UPLINK (the Upper Peninsula Digital Network) as well as the Central Upper Peninsula and Northern Michigan University Archives. UPLINK collections document the history of the Upper Peninsula broadly, while the Central UP & NMU Archives focuses on such topics as Northern Michigan University history, the local iron mining industry, and the politics, economics, religion, environment, and culture of the Central Upper Peninsula region.


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