Cornell '69, 50 Years Later

I was a senior government major at Cornell University in the spring of 1969, when the campus was in turmoil after an armed takeover of the student union building by eighty members of the campus's Afro-American society.

This site is a discussion forum for participants and observers of those events. It was launched at the 40th anniversary of those events, and continues now with the 50th.

To contribute your thoughts and reflections, click on the "Comment" tab at the end of the "Remembering 1969" post or any of the other posts.

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Cornell Daily Sun Features Retrospectives on 1969


Emily Cohn, The Editor-in-Chief of The Cornell Daily Sun (editor@cornellsun.com), has sent the following information about The Sun's commemoration of the 1969 Takeover.

- We are running a series of interviews with key activists and witnesses, and have featured three thus far (click on the links to see the Sun's stories):

-- Robert Gottlieb '72
-- Steve Wallenstein '69
-- Art Spitzer '71

- We will be producing a 16-page commemorative issue to run on Thursday, April 16 that will feature articles printed in 1969 alongside some original content about the current state of campus activism, race relations at Cornell, and issues of as academic freedom in higher education today. Additionally, many witnesses and activists will be submitting new content for this issue.

- Lastly, we will be hosting a panel discussion to be held on Saturday, April 18. The line-up of guests is still being worked out, but I will let you know when this is finalized. It is our goal to unite activists involved in the takeover, current Cornell faculty members who were students at the time, and Sun alumni who documented the takeover itself.
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