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Young Americans for Freedom begin selling red white and blue anti-Moratorium armbands in the CUB, selling over 500 of them.

The first classes begin in WSU's new Black Studies Program.

"Women in Revolt" is the title of a three-day series of WSU speeches and discussion on women's liberation

The University announces a new Chicano Studies Program.

A volunteer undercover narcotics agent comes to Pullman, which leads to the arrest of four students for drug possession, setting off a long-running student fear of WSU employing undercover officers against their students.

28 x 22 cm. pamphlet, 6 pages. An unofficial letter from members of some of the University faculty to concerned parents and Alumni about the student strikes. The letter addresses concerns and lays out a timeline and summarzies of student movement…

28 x 22 cm. leaflet, 2 pages. This document outlines the North American Indian Student Associations stance on the 11 demands put forward by Third World groups at Washington State University. It states that although it acknowledges racism on campus,…

14 x 22 cm. handout, 1 page. This sheet restates the original purpose of the strike and is mainly addressed to the white students on campus. It states that by helping minorities, white students have the power to be heard and make a change. At the…

Students protesting both the invasion of Cambodia and the shooting at Kent State University take over the French Administration Building on the campus of Washington State University in May 1970.

A student strike from May 24-June1, including all-day picketing of campus buildings, begins in response to Terrell's rejection of Third World student group demands. Students also announce an intent to withdraw all their money from downtown bank, and…

Students line Stadium Way and Wilson Road on the campus of Washington State University protesting the Cambodian invasion and the shooting at Kent State University. French Administration building can be seen in the background.

Students gather in front of the Compton Union Building (CUB) on the campus of Washington State University to protest the invasion of Cambodia in May 1970.

Students, faculty, and staff meet in the Compton Union Building auditorium on the campus of Washington State University to discuss issues of student activism.

Students listen to a speaker while they sit on campus of Washington State University to protest a variety of issues.

Students seated on a slope next to Bryan Hall supporting the creation of a Black Studies program at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington.

Students gather near campus of Washington State University to participate in student activism.

During the national anthem at a WSU/UW basketball game in Bohler Gym, a group of students, white and black alike, take center court and silently raise their right fists in the "black power salute." Some portions of the attending crowd boo in…

Looking northeast, students have a sit-in across Stadium Way near the French Administration building on the campus of Washington State University. They were protesting the Cambodian invasion and the Kent State University.

50 to 75 students occupy WSU's Placement Bureau to protest military recruitment on campus. After being given 15 minutes to disperse or be arrested, the demonstrators departed. Students reoccupied the office two days later, but dispersed when they…

35 x 19 cm. clipping, 1 page. This newspaper clipping describes student reaction after their demands for an end to institutionalized racism were rejected. In response to this, some students terminated their enrollment at Washington State University,…

28 x 22 cm. handout, 1 page. The Washington State University Strike Steering Committee calls for a student boycott against all University stores and businesses in an attempt to end institutionalized racism at the college.

The south stands of the football stadium are destroyed in an arson-caused fire. This follows the similar burning of UI's stadium seven months earlier, and downtown Pullman's Anderson Berger Toyota on March 24th. The Lewiston National Guard…

This photograph appears on page 90 of the 1971 Chinook, the Washington State University yearbook. It features members of the Coubabes, an African American cheer squad approved by the Associated Students of Washington State University in 1970.

Following a basketball game on January 9th where members of the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity uttered racial slurs at members of Goldsworthy Hall, twelve to twenty African American students approach the Alpha Gamma Rho house. At least one student is…

WSU hosts a full day of environmental talks, films, and forums, as part of the first ever "Earth Day." Washington senator Henry M. Jackson speaks in the CUB Ballroom about environmental issues. Jackson, a Vietnam supporter, was repeatedly shouted…

A group of students gather around a sculpture of a hand with its middle finger extended at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington. The statue is painted in the colors of the American flag and has a clown mask at the tip of the middle…

28 x 22 cm. handout, 1 page. This schedule of anti-war events for May 11, 1972 includes a blockade of the south entrance to campus, discussions and lectures by Washington State University professors, guest speakers, and a march beginning on the mall,…

36 x 22 cm. handout, 1 page. The Washington State University administrators are being accused of negligence when addressing issues brought up by Third World groups. This handout had to have been issues between May 28th and May 31st, 1970.

Students gather at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington in support of a group of African American men collectively called the Pullman Four. These men were accused of rape. At the center of the image is a Caucasian man with long hair…

Protesters rally in support of Ralph Atkins, an African American man who was the only individual charged in a protest on behalf of United Farm Workers. The photograph features a man in a black leather jacket speaking to the audience through a…