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Protest movements

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Northwestern University Anti-CIA Protest photographs, 1988-1989

 Collection
Identifier: 75/31/34
Abstract

This collection includes 49 images from a student-led protest of the Central Intelligence Agency’s (CIA) recruitment on campus on November 14, 1988. Multiple student organizations vehemently opposed the CIA’s presence on campus and started calling for action and/or protests. This collection also includes a small selection of articles from the Daily Northwestern describing the incident.

Dates: 1988-1989
Found in: Northwestern University Archives / Northwestern University Anti-CIA Protest photographs, 1988-1989

The Fort Jackson 8 Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS201
Abstract

Collection consists of the records of the Fort Jackson 8, members of the organization GIs United Against the War in Vietnam who were put in military prison for their antiwar activism, dating circa 1969 January-May.

Dates: 1969
Found in: Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections / The Fort Jackson 8 Collection

Student Protests and Strikes at Northwestern University

 Collection
Identifier: 31/6/89
Abstract

The Student Protests and Strikes Collection consists of diverse materials that document political demonstrations and protests organized by students, spanning from August 1965 through October 1979. Each event included in this collection documents a segment of the history of Northwestern students' political activism.

Dates: 1965-1979
Found in: Northwestern University Archives / Student Protests and Strikes at Northwestern University