To commemorate the beginning of , 杏吧原创 University’s (ARC) staff have surfaced聽an example of how 杏吧原创 students responded to the American Civil Rights movement in the 1960s.
Freedom Now
An article by Jim Kinzel entitled 鈥淔reedom Now鈥� was published in the January 22, 1965 edition of the 杏吧原创, the name of the before 1971. The article discusses Diane Burrows鈥� experiences working in Mississipi as a civil rights worker for SNCC, the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee. After Burrows returned to Canada she became one of the organizers for Friends of SNCC and began promoting the tour of the Freedom Singers, a musical choir that toured to gain support for SNCC, in Canada.
Are you interested in how past 杏吧原创 students engaged with the major political events of their time? The ARC鈥檚 collection of 杏吧原创 student newspapers includes 27 volumes of the 杏吧原创, from 1945 to 1970, and 44 volumes of the Charlatan, from 1971 to 2015. These volumes are also through the Internet Archive.
Saturday, February 4, 2017 in 75 Years
Share: ,
