Black Liberation 1969 Archive

National News Coverage

Effort to Open Swarthmore Classes Fails

Some Classes Resume at Swarthmore

Quaker Way vs. Confrontation

Crises of the Top Schools

Engulfed by Black Anger

SAAS sass

Head of Swarthmore Backs Faculty Plan to Change Negro Policy

4 Stage Hunger Strike at Swarthmore

Swarthmore Sit-In Halts Classes, Registration

500 Return to Classes at Swarthmore

Swarthmore College Sit-In

Protest at Swarthmore

Swarthmore Faculty Joins in Proposals to Admit More Negroes

Policy Change at Swarthmore Gains Backing

Blacks Take Over Swarthmore Office

Uprisings Criticized

Swarthmore Office Held by 20 Black Students

Effigy Burned at College

Photog Assaulted, Car Damaged at Protest

Swarthmore Offers to Take More Negroes

Swarthmore called tempting target

Sit-In Leader Demands Swarthmore Alter Policy

Negro Insurgents at Swarthmore Study Proposals; Blacks Average 2% of Enrollment in 20 Private Colleges in This Area

Faculty OKs Concessions to Swarthmore Negroes

Colleges Urged to Halt Turmoil by Minorities

Blacks Harass Schools Which Sought Reform

Two Liberal Schools Decide Campus Turmoil was Worth the Trouble

The 8-day sit-in garnered national news attention, which the President's Office collected and which has been reproduced here.

College classes resume schedule

Open letter to Newton "Newt" Ryerson (Letter to the editor)

Soaring Sixties (Letter to the editor)

Death of an Educator

1400 Join Rites for President of Swarthmore

Swarthmore Students End 8-Day Sit-In After President Dies

Death Only Postpones Crisis at Swarthmore

Subversion of Reason

School Head Dies During a Protest

2000 Attend Rites for Swarthmore President

Dr. Smith's Death Casts a Pall Over Swarthmore

Dr. Smith Dies in Swarthmore College Office

A Rapport Based on Mutual Respect and Discussion

Tragedy at Swarthmore

The Lesson of Courtney Smith's Death

Swarthmore Head Fatally Stricken; Sit-In Called Off

Student Takeover Ends at Swarthmore

Swarthmore Dean Returns to his Office

After Courtney Smith's death on January 16, 1969, many news sources connected the event to the sit-in and blamed black students for his heart failure. The following news articles address Courtney Smith's death.