Student Life Items (10 total)
"The New Repression"
Article from the underground newspaper The Spectator describing the Grand Jury indictments of 9 persons from IU involved in the Ballantine lock-in. The article is harshly critical of the charges and the Indiana government in general.
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Spectator V. 8 No. 15
Back page of the underground newspaper The Spectator, containing a sketch of an upraised fist and a slogan of student solidarity. The "All or None" signs can be seen in many images of protests during May of 1969.
Taken from Spectator Records,…
Tags: 1969, demonstrations, student fees, student unrest, tuition
The Spectator V. 8 No. 14
Cover of underground newspaper The Spectator. The cover shows a cartoon depicting Indiana University Board of Trustees chairman Frank McKinney, whom many students felt was largely responsible for fee hikes at IU.
Taken from Spectator Records,…
Tags: 1969, demonstrations, student fees, student unrest, trustees, tuition
Spectator V. 8 No. 13
Cover of underground newspaper The Spectator. The cover shows a cartoon of Indiana University Acting Chancellor John W. Snyder shoveling dirt on IU student demands related to fee hikes.
Taken from Spectator Records, 1966-1970, collection number…
Tags: 1969, demonstrations, student fees, student unrest, tuition
Spectator V. 8 No. 13 part 3
Page from the underground newspaper The Spectator describing the firebombing of The Black Market, along with photographs showing the damage.
Taken from Spectator Records, 1966-1970, collection number C67.
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Tags: 1968, 1969, African Americans, racial discrimination
Spectator V. 8 No. 13 part 2
Page from underground newspaper The Spectator showing images of the burned-out remains of The Black Market.
Taken from Spectator Records, 1966-1970, collection number C67.
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Tags: 1968, 1969, African Americans, racial discrimination
Spectator V. 8 No. 13
Cover of The Spectator depicting the bombed-out remains of The Black Market.
Taken from Spectator Records, 1966-1970, collection number C67.
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Tags: 1968, 1969, African Americans, racial discrimination
Black Market Ad
Advertisement for The Black Market printed in The Spectator. The shop specialized in African goods, clothing, Black literature and sound recordings, until it was firebombed on December 26, 1968.
Taken from Spectator Records, 1966-1970, collection…
"Kafka & Kangaroo" part 2
Part two of article from underground newspaper The Spectator irreverently describing the results of the trial of the Dow Chemical protesters.Taken from Spectator Records, 1966-1970, collection number C67.
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"Kafka & Kangaroo"
Article from underground newspaper The Spectator irreverently describing the results of the trial of the Dow Chemical protesters.
Taken from Spectator Records, 1966-1970, collection number C67.
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Dean Rusk in Front of Crowd
Photograph depicting Secretary of State Dean Rusk arriving to speak at IU. In the background are both supporters of and protesters against the war in Vietnam.
Taken from the IU News Bureau photograph collection, accession number 99/075