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This 1963 mailer was sent to members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) including members who were at Miami in the 1960s. It disseminated relevant news to members and advocates all across the country.

1969 newspaper article featuring the Cradle of Coaches.

Article from "Miami University 1809-2009: Bicentennial Perspectives" on African-Americans in Oxford and at Miami in the 1940s-1960s. Includes photographs of Marian Musgrave, Rita Dove, Arthur F. Miller, and Heanon Wilkins.

The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) used mailers to do much more than disseminate information: they served to spread awareness, raise funds, and increase membership. This flyer requests that sympathetic readers send stamps to assist…

A 1969 newspaper featuring the Cradle of Coaches.

A pamphlet advertising a collection of political speakers brought to campus to encourage discussion and debate by speaking out with opinions that went against the grain. This group featured professors (local and visiting), authors, and academics…

This mailer sent to Miami from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) includes a photograph of the aftermath of the fire at the Mt. Olive Baptist Church in Sasser, Georgia. The church was one of several in the area that burned, and had…

The cover of an American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations civil rights pamphlets on registering to vote

A photo (c. 1950s or 1960s) of the exterior of Miami's Alumni Library

A photo (c. 1950s or 1960s) of the reference desk at Miami's Alumni Library