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Civil Rights -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Harry Edwards Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2016-03-19
Abstract The Harry Edwards Papers contain items created and collected by Dr. Edwards throughout the course of his more than fifty-year career as a sociologist, scholar, and activist. Through these objects he documents historic moments in the Civil Rights movement, his involvement in professional sports, and academic achievements. Materials in this collection consist of photographs, documents, textiles, magazines, books, manuscripts, news articles, posters and flyers, journals, framed items, and...
Dates: 1960-2023

San José State University Civil Rights and Campus Protest Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2010-07-07
Abstract The San José State University Civil Rights and Campus Protest Collection, 1967-1990 (bulk 1968-1970), documents the civil unrest that occurred during the civil rights and anti-Vietnam movements at San José State during the 1960s and the 1970s. Between 1968-1972, college campuses became the center point for a variety of protests and demonstrations, and as the Vietnam War escalated, students across the U.S. protested the presence of Dow Chemical and ROTC recruiters on college campuses. San...
Dates: 1967-1990; Majority of material found in 1968-1970