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Black History at Virginia Tech - Issues

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Title

Black History at Virginia Tech - Issues

Subject

University History

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Permission to publish material from the Virginia Tech Black History Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.

Identifier

BlackHistoryVTIssues

Collection Items

VT protest to death of Freddie Gray in Squires Student Center

Squires demonstration in response to nationwide violence. Collegiate Times, December 4, 2014

Michael Brown demonstration, Collegiate Times December 1, 2014

Trayvon Martin march. The Bugle 2012, pg 54.
Pictured is John Williams, sophomore in aerospace engineering.
An article was also run in the Collegiate Times [March 28, 2012 pg 1 and 2]

Tech student group goes with the flow. Collegiate Times Feb 10, 2012 pg 1

Letter to the Editor, from Alonzo Freeman, Jr. to the Roanoke Times, August 15, 1940

The Virginia Tech, April 10, 1968, Articles on MLK Assassination

Clippings from the Dixie Controversy, Highty Tighties Book

BOV Protests Continue, Collegiate Times, April 8, 2003

BOV Reverses Controversial Decisions, Collegiate Times, April 8, 2003

Professor Speaks on Segregation at Tech, Collegiate Times, March 19, 2003

Faculty Slam BOV Actions, Collegiate Times, March 19, 2003

Hundreds Protest BOV, Collegiate Times, March 14, 2003

Hundreds Expected to Rally Against Board Today, Collegiate Times, March 13, 2003

BOV Slammed for New Policies, Collegiate Times, March 13, 2003

Affirmative Action Dealt Blow at Tech, Collegiate Times, March 12, 2003

Diversity Commission OK'd, Collegiate Times, March 11, 2003

Tech May Censor Extremist Speakers, Collegiate Times, March 11, 2003

The Collegiate Times, October 22, 1971, Articles on Dixie Controversy

The Collegiate Times, October 20, 1971, Articles on Dixie Controversy

Linda Edmonds' Thoughts on the Death of Martin Luther King, Jr., Excerpt from scrapbook, April 5, 1968

Linda Edmonds' Thoughts on the Death of Martin Luther King, Jr., excerpt from scrapbook, April 4, 1968

Preston Burying Ground

Smithfield Farm, 1958

The 1994 Bugle, pg 236-237

The 1987 Bugle, pg 106-107

The 1976 Bugle, pg 290

The 1973 Bugle, pg58-59

The 1973 Bugle, pg 48

The 1973 Bugle, pg 42-43

The 1966 Bugle, pg 61

The 1965 Bugle, pg 63

The 1965 Bugle, pg 62

The 1964 Bugle, pg 207

The 1964 Bugle, pg 119

Hokies March for Trayvon, Collegiate Times, March 28, 2012

Students Discuss Diversity, Collegiate Times, April 24, 2009

Diversity Shakes up Tech, Collegiate Times, April 23, 2009

Students Oppose Tech Policy of Staying Open, Collegiate Times, January 16, 2001

Tech Continues to Acknowledge Low Minority Numbers, Collegiate Times, September 2, 1999

Racial Equity in Education, Collegiate Times, October 7, 1999

Tech Looks for Diverse Faculty, Collegiate Times, December 3, 1999
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