And I still have the issue of Newsweek!
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.
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.
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Sunday, June 2, 2019
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Cornell Daily Sun Retrospective on 1969

On April 16, the Cornell Daily Sun published a retrospective on the 1969 events, titled "Forty Years Later: Assessing our Progress" at this link. The special issue features retrospective analysis by current Sun reporters; interviews with and reflections by participants and observers at the time of the Straight takeover (including an interview with Tom Jones); a reflection on the fate of Cornell professor Clinton Rossiter; a story on the photojournalism of the event; a timeline; and photographs.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Images From the Straight Takeover

The Cornell library has put together a fascinating slideshow of images from the Straight takeover, including photographs and scans of letters, memos, leaflets, booklets, newspaper headlines, etc. It is available at this link.
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