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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.

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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.

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 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 program from the 1968 game between Miami and Kent State.

Bill Mallory (1969-1973) went 39-12-0 at Miami including an undefeated season in 1973. He later coached at Colorado, Northern Illinois and Indiana.