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"Help Us Save Your University," Angela Davis Fund pamphlet, circa 1969

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 5
Identifier: 4

Scope and Contents of the Collection

From the Collection:

This collection consists of materials related to social movements throughout the 20th century. There are materials from the Black civil rights movement, Chicano Movement, the United Farm Workers, the Young Lords movement, and surrounding the events of the Zoot Suit riots in Los Angeles. There are a wide variety of materials, including photographs of movement leaders, art inspired from the Chicano movement, original banners from organizations involved in these movements, posters, programs, and periodicals.

Dates

  • Creation: circa 1969

Langauge of Materials

From the Collection:

Languages represented in the collection: English, Spanish.

Access

This collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 7.5 Linear Feet (4 document boxes, 1 oversize doc box, 1 half-size document box, 4 flat oversize boxes)

Note

Single sheet, folded 6-panel pamphlet created by the Angela Davis Fund and the Committee for and Orderly University. Pamphelt urging readers, presumably UCLA students to write to Governor of California Ronald Reagan regarding the dismissal of Angela Davis as Acting Assistant Professor in Philosophy at UCLA based on her ties with the Communist Party.

Repository Details

Part of the 01 - Special Collections & Archives, The Claremont Colleges Library Repository

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