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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…

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

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

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 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 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.

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 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.

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…

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,…

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…

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.

The University announces a new Chicano Studies Program.

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

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

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