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Hundreds of students occupy the French Administration Building ("Fort French"), refusing to leave until President Terrell submits to their demands. The WSU protest is one of many across the nation on May 5 protesting the Kent State University…

A "Black Symposium," sponsored by the Political Union Committee and the Black Studies Program, is held on campus, bringing in speakers and films about the black experience.

An all-day Indochina teach-in is held in the CUB ballroom; classes are cancelled so students can attend. This was one of the demands that President Terrell had agreed to in ending the "Fort French" occupation.

An alliance of self-described "Third World" student groups presents the University with a list of eleven demands as "a minimum commitment against racism." President Terrell would reject these demands on May 22. The label Third World arises from the…

President Terrell releases his (mostly negative) response to the eleven demands.

4:30 PM. 250 students stage a sit-in blocking Stadium Way for 90 minutes. At one point, a demonstrator throws a two-by-four through the window of a car attempting to drive around them. The image featured in this item may be found in the Barbara J.…

A student strike from May 24-June1, including all-day picketing of campus buildings, begins in response to Terrell's rejection of Third World student group demands. Students also announce an intent to withdraw all their money from downtown bank, and…

The University announces a new Chicano Studies Program.

The Resident Instruction Staff (RIS) announces students may petition to have their grades based on work done to that point in the term, effectively making finals optional.

Commencement goes off without a hitch; President Terrell is cheered when he commends the demonstrators for their dedication to non-violence. The image featured in this item may be found in the Paul Philemon Kies Photograph Collection…

Portraits of the Washington State University football players from the program for the 11/23/1968 football game between Washington State University and the University of Washington (page 16). This page is part of the digital exhibit about student…

Portraits of the Washington State University football players from the program for the 11/18/1972 football game between Washington State University and the University of Washington (page 19). This page is part of the digital exhibit about student…

28 x 22 cm. handbill, 1 page. 11 demands from Chicano Studies, echoing the 11 Third World demands, to help reduce racism.

Silent color film of University of Idaho (UI) students walking from UI to Washington State University (WSU) several days after UI's Oct. 24 1959 27-5 loss in the "Battle of the Palouse" football game. Starting in 1938, for many years it was a…

America's first Mafia family, the Morellos, usher in a level of brutality and violence never seen before in New York City.

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Photo of Franklin D. Roosevelt signing the executive order 9066

Petition for japanese relocation

This is a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt from attorney General Biddle to plea with Franklin not to go through with the Executive Order.

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North facing exterior of B-Reactor at Hanford Nuclear Reservation.

Section of the Seattle Daily Times, Do Women Work Only for Pin Money? March 13, 1932

Male work crew posed inside warehouse. Asians (probably Japanese), one Sikh in turban. Probably strawberry packing house.

Eleanor Roosevelt asks for tolerance from the Japanese.

On October 18, 1931, Capone was convicted after trial and on November 24, was sentenced to eleven years in federal prison, fined $50,000 and charged $7,692 for court costs, in addition to $215,000 plus interest due on back taxes. The six-month…

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NRA Blue Eagle poster. This would be displayed in store windows, on packages, and in ads.

Farming was extremely labor-intensive and still relied heavily on human and horse-power. An organized harvesting/threshing team in the 1920's required 120 men and 320 mules and horses. Teams moved from farm to farm as the crops ripened. Few farmers…

New York City Deputy Police Commissioner John A. Leach, right, watching agents pour liquor into sewer following a raid during the height of prohibition

Timber crew from the Clemons Logging Company, on the Chehalis River east of Aberdeen. By 1935, Washington's timber workers went on strike for better conditions and the legal recognition of their union. The timber workers' strike faced an often…