Exhibits
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1969 Documenting Sit-In
Documents and articles relating to the January 1969 SASS occupation of the Admissions Office.
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1969 Mapping the Sit-in
An interactive map following the steps of the Black students involved in the Occupation of Parrish Hall in January 1969.
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Black Community Struggles: Chester & Media
Documents on the political and racial dilemmas happening in the nearby communities of Media and Chester.
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Black Liberation 1969: The Soundtrack
A jukebox of twenty-five songs Swarthmore alumni remembered in interviews or mentioned in archival documents.
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Black Life at Swarthmore
An exhibit of the ordinary lives of Black students at Swarthmore, told through photographs.
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Black Student Enrollment
A visualization of enrollment data provided by the Swarthmore Alumni Relations Office, consisting of the number of graduated and non-graduated alumni who associate with each class year.
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Faculty & Alumni Interviews
An exhibit of the interview materials collected during this project, including audio and video files, transcripts, and photographs.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
Documents from the FBI investigation into Black student protest in 1969.
![Life Magazine, _Requiem for Courtney Smith_ May 1969.pdf Life Magazine, _Requiem for Courtney Smith_ May 1969.pdf](http://s3.amazonaws.com/sc-lib-ds-bl1969/square_thumbnails/0957f5e48137cbe3a996fa0b50166b88.jpg)
Narratives of Black Student Protest at Swarthmore College
Histories of instances of Black student protest at the College, published in and collected from various media over the years.
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The Push for a Black Cultural Center
Documents relating to the acquisition of the Black Cultural Center located in Robinson House.
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The Struggle for Black Studies
Documents related to the birth of the Black Studies program at Swarthmore.
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Student Photographs
Photographs identifying many of the key alumni involved in the events related to the black student movement at Swarthmore 1968-1972.
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Swarthmore & the Rockefeller Fund
Documents regarding Swarthmore's relationship to the Rockefeller Fund, a non-profit grant given to help increase Black enrollment.