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“One Brick Will Do The Trick:” A Structural Analysis Of The May 1970 Student Uprising At The University Of South Carolina, Ian Grenier Apr 2022

“One Brick Will Do The Trick:” A Structural Analysis Of The May 1970 Student Uprising At The University Of South Carolina, Ian Grenier

Senior Theses

In May 1970, the University of South Carolina's campus erupted. Students protesting the Vietnam War, police presence on campus, the shooting of student protestors at Kent State, and restrictive campus rules stormed campus buildings and faced off with National Guardsmen in the streets of Columbia. This thesis examines the political context and structures at USC in the late 1960s which enabled this explosive but short-lived period of the university's history. Assessing USC activists’ levels of campus coalition building, their place in the political context of the late 1960s, the openness of the school’s political structure, and the forces acting on …


The Pulse, Tim Greene, Wright State University Student Body Jan 1984

The Pulse, Tim Greene, Wright State University Student Body

Wright State University Alternative Newspaper Collection

A one page flyer urging the students to support student organizations and to take a vested interest in the university.


Eschtollogy Or What's Wrong With Right State, Wright State University Student Body Mar 1969

Eschtollogy Or What's Wrong With Right State, Wright State University Student Body

Wright State University Alternative Newspaper Collection

A two page satirical flyer issues with faculty, students, and the administration at Wright State University.


White State: Corporate Racism, Wright State University Student Body Jan 1969

White State: Corporate Racism, Wright State University Student Body

Wright State University Alternative Newspaper Collection

A two page flyer detailing how the author believes corporations control Wright State University from it's founding through the current day.


White Students Can You Dig It? White Liberation, Wright State University Student Body Jan 1969

White Students Can You Dig It? White Liberation, Wright State University Student Body

Wright State University Alternative Newspaper Collection

A flyer criticizing Wright State University for being controlled by various local corporations and entities and the university administration for putting forth the student constitution without considering the student body's input.


What Have I Done?, Sanford H. Jaffe Jan 1969

What Have I Done?, Sanford H. Jaffe

Wright State University Alternative Newspaper Collection

A transcribed three page interview of WSU Mathematics instructor, Dr. Arthur DuPre', by Sanford H. Jaffe, that is critical of the management of education at WSU at the time.


The Circus Of Delay, Wright State University Student Body Jan 1969

The Circus Of Delay, Wright State University Student Body

Wright State University Alternative Newspaper Collection

A flyer with handwritten text accusing current administration of avoiding addressing current issues of the time regarding war, racism, and more.


Alternative Student Leaflet, Wright State University Student Body Jan 1969

Alternative Student Leaflet, Wright State University Student Body

Wright State University Alternative Newspaper Collection

A leaflet encouraging the protest of "fraudulent student constitution and elections, lack of student participation in University governance, parking fee, presidential mansion, bookstore prices." The leaflet decries the administration of the University as being complicit in racism, political repression, war and more.