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Greenbriar map
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1977 OMA oversees final Black Arts Festival Final advertisement for the BAF in 1977 by OMA. No mention of Ujamaa in the announcement.
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1976 Black Arts Festival recap Broadside article on the informative nature of the 1976 BAF headed by OMA in conjunction with Ujamaa
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1976 Black Arts Festival announcement Broadside article announcing 1976 BAF
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BAF taken over by OMA Octavia Caldwell mentions the BAF's funding will be taken over by the university in a Broadside article
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Black Arts Festival Success Broadside article on BAF success
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Carlton Funn 1975 Black Arts Festival Exhibit Carlton Funn stands with GMU students in front of his 1975 Black Arts Festival exhibit in SUB 1
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Desegregated--Segregated Status of Institutions of Higher Learning in the Souther United States Document attached to Howard Rogerson's letter to John Finley. Published by the US Commission on Civil Rights in 1963, it lists the segregation status of Virginia's institutions of higher learning. It incorrectly includes GMC under the segregated public school list.
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John Finley to Howard Rogerson Letter from John Finley, Director of GMC, to Howard Rogerson of the US Commission on Civil Rights responding to their previous correspondence about the admission status of GMC in regards to race. Finley states that GMC is not segregated however the college has yet to have a Black student as of 12/4/1963 when the letter was written.
Finley states that the school does not take the same effort to recruit Black high school students as it does white ones. However, they note that no qualified Black applicant would be denied admission.
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Howard Rogerson to John Finley Letter from Howard Rogerson at the US Commission on Civil Rights to John Finley, Director at GMC, on the college's admissions policy in regards to race - inquiring whether the schools listed status as segregated was accurate
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Chancellor Quizzed by Students, Faculty Newspaper article in Broadside about student and faculty backlash against the school administration in May 1970. Chancellor Thompson answered questions including why Black students are not recruited, and whether faculty were let go over dissent against the administration.
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Invitation to the Chancellor's Tea Invitation from the Chancellor's office to Chancellor Lorin Thompson's monthly Tea meetings for students and faculty, dated for Sept. 24, 1967 at the Library.
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Ethnic Awareness Meeting Advertisement for Ethnic Awareness
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Ethnic Awareness Minority students counselor provides ethnic awareness course in SUB 1
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Andy Evans 1978 Minority Outlook Andy Evans provides insight and advice to minority students
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Minority Outlook Dec 1977 Minority Outlook launching OMAs new direction, providing insight via Broadside
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OMA response - Downtrodden Minority Lillian Anthony-Welch responds to condescending editorial comparing minority plight to sidewalks
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Downtrodden Minority Article compares minority students to sidewalks
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GMU works to recruit black students Washington Post article about new recruiting strategy and minority student orientation
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The Prophet Broadside article from 1965 comparing the integration of black people to bigots
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Black History Month 1978 OMA Director Lillian Anthony-Welsch places BHM history in Broadside
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Black Student Alliance BSA holds press conference on GMU racism
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Lorton Voices - Black Arts Festival Broadside write up on Ujamaa Black Arts Festival event - Lorton Voices
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Black Awareness Week Memo Schedule of Events for Ujamaa 1973 Black Awareness Week
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Mary Best doubles down Mary Best pens letter doubling down on OMA position, highlighting minority rights, while also supportive of student input about SUB 1.
