Flyer handed out during the April 30, 1969 student rally outside of Owen Hall. The flyer encourages students to boycott classes for the next two days and to return home to spread word about the students' cause.

Taken from the IU Archives'…

Newspaper article describing the various proposals from student leaders on how to combat fee hikes at IU.

Taken from the IU Archives' reference file "Student Demonstrations Jan/June 1969."

Newspaper article recounting Indiana Governor Edgar D. Whitcomb's response to student agitation over proposed fee hikes. Whitcomb did not believe that the fee hikes were the real cause of the protests, instead pointing at mysterious "out-of-state…

Photograph depicting thousands of students gathering outside Owen Hall on the IU Bloomington Campus on April 30, 1969. The students were protesting large student fee hikes planned for the following Fall semester.

Taken from the IU News Bureau…

Photograph depicting thousands of students gathering outside Owen Hall on the IU Bloomington Campus on April 30, 1969. The students were protesting large student fee hikes planned for the following Fall semester.

Taken from the IU News Bureau…

Part of a document with statements by IU President Stahr and the Trustees of Indiana University issued in the wake of the 1968 Little 500 sit-in. Both the president and trustees condemn the disruption of campus activity by protesters, and note that…

Newsletter describing the Little 500 sit-in and applauding the efforts of the black students involved. Taken from Eggshell Press records, 1966-1968, collection number C292. Go to the finding aid

Flyer listing reasons for the Black students' sit-in at site of the Little 500. The students were protesting discriminatory clauses found in the national charters of fraternities.

Taken from the IU Archives' reference file "Student Demonstrations…

Flyer listing the demands made by black students demonstrating at the stadium where the Little 500 was to take place. The students were protesting discriminatory clauses found in the national charters of fraternities. Taken from Eggshell Press…

Photograph depicting Clarence "Rollo" Turner and other black students speaking to press during the 1968 Little 500 Sit-in. Few photographs of the event have survived. Taken from the 1969 Arbutus.