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Visual Description: About 150 students and faculty members protested on the front steps of Blaustein demanding total divestment from South Africa as the Board of Trustees met to discuss the issue inside. The rally took place on Friday May 6, 1988.…

Visual Description: Three girls, standing with posters on the inside steps of the Crozier-Williams Students Center protesting LGBTQIA rights.

Visual Description: Twelve individuals, a mix of faculty members and students, are standing on the steps inside the front of Crozier-Williams holding up signs protesting homophobia and raising awareness on LGBTQIA issues. One sign reads “Your Hate…

Visual Description: 5 students stand on the stairs inside of Fanning Hall in a recreation of the original picture. Like the original image, none of them are looking at the camera. They also look pensive. This image is cut off from the knees up, with…

Fanning Takeover. Foreground Activists from left to right: Erik Rosado, Sheila Gallagher, Frank Tuitt (with hat), and Richard Greenwald. Photo by: Jennifer Caulfield.

Visual Description: A closeup shot of 7 students, a part of the takeover,…

Visual Description: This image captures Fanning Hall in-between class periods on a weekday. There is one individual in the distance near the steps leading to the building. In contrast to the first photograph, this image captures the calm environment…

Visual Description: This photograph was taken by Kirk Russell and was published on May 6, 1971. It was taken outside Fanning Hall, capturing a group of approximately thirty students engaging in the overnight sit in. The individuals captured in this…

Visual Description: In this recreation of the original photograph, students walk out the doors of Palmer Auditorium. Connecticut College student Emma Furgueson is holding the door open for two other Connecticut College students, who look solemn and…

Visual Description: Students and faculty walk out the doors of Palmer Auditorium after meeting for a rally opposing the Vietnam War. Professor Williston is holding the door for Professor Zoltowski. A poster reading “Eliminate Imperialism” can be seen…

Cornelius Gold writes to his mother about the fall of Mobile, continued torpedo attacks on Union ships, and his comfortable new surroundings on the U.S.S. Anderson.