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Photographs of a protest in fall 1964 outside the Oxford Municipal Building. Sponsored by the Human Relations Committee of Miami, the crowd included students Carolyn Gordon and Sibyl Harris Miller.

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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…

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Photographs of John Howard Griffin, author of "Black Like Me". Griffin, a white American, darkened his skin and shaved his head and recorded the ways he was treated differently in order to highlight the prejudice against African-Americans in the Deep…

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An article on a speech given at Miami University by John Howard Griffin, author of "Black Like Me", on the dehumanization of African-Americans. Griffin, a white American, darkened his skin and shaved his head and recorded the ways he was treated…

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Photographs of Miami students and Anthony Rivers during the 1964 voter registration drive in Greensboro, NC. Includes Carolyn Gordon, Sibyl Harris Miller, Ginger Koone, Dean Brantley, Mittie Gamble, Anthony Rivers, and others listed as "Mr. Mithcel,…

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Letter written to Carolyn Gordon from Anthony Rivers. Rivers was the head of one of the voter registration drives in Greensboro, North Carolina. Gordon was one of the Miami students who traveled to Greensboro during spring break 1964 to assist the…

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The envelope of a letter sent to Carolyn Gordon from Anthony Rivers. Rivers demands 'Uhuru! Freedom NOW' on the envelope (Uhuru being the Swahili word for freedom).

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A letter to the editor of the Daily News, signed 'A Southern White Protestant Democrat', mourning the deaths of civil rights activists and condemning communities for their failure to support the movement.
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