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The Extraordinary Commission: Student Activism & The Birth of Afro-American Studies at Harvard

'The Extraordinary Commission' Virtual Tour

Exhibition documentation of “The Extraordinary Commission: Student Activism and the Birth of Afro-American Studies at Harvard”

'The Extraordinary Commission' Virtual Tour

Collection of images documenting several protests organized by the Harvard-Radcliffe Association of African and Afro-American Students (AFRO)

'The Extraordinary Commission' Virtual Tour

Harvard Yearbook, Time Magazine, and Ramparts

'The Extraordinary Commission' Virtual Tour

Harvard Yearbook

'The Extraordinary Commission' Virtual Tour

Newsweek and Harvard Magazine

'The Extraordinary Commission' Virtual Tour

“Stop Racism, End the War”

'The Extraordinary Commission' Virtual Tour

Members of the Harvard-Radcliffe Association of African and Afro-American Students (AFRO) March in Support of an Afro-American Studies Department

'The Extraordinary Commission' Virtual Tour

Eileen J. Southern (1920-2002)

'The Extraordinary Commission' Virtual Tour

Members of the Harvard-Radcliffe Association of African and Afro-American Students (AFRO) Meeting with Civil Rights Activist Whitney Young, Jr. (1921-1971)

'The Extraordinary Commission' Virtual Tour

Civil Rights Activist Julian Bond (1940-2015) Addresses the Harvard Community at Sanders Theater

'The Extraordinary Commission' Virtual Tour

Harvard Stadium Rally

'The Extraordinary Commission' Virtual Tour

Portrait of Lee S. Smith ’69, Student Activist and Managing Editor for the Harvard Yearbook

'The Extraordinary Commission' Virtual Tour

Harvard Stadium Meeting

'The Extraordinary Commission' Virtual Tour

Harvard Students March in Support of Black Studies

'The Extraordinary Commission' Virtual Tour

Harvard Student March in Support of Black Studies

'The Extraordinary Commission' Virtual Tour

Members of the Harvard-Radcliffe Association of African and Afro-American Students (AFRO) Meeting with Harvard Faculty

'The Extraordinary Commission' Virtual Tour

Harvard Student Takeover of University Hall

'The Extraordinary Commission' Virtual Tour

Members of the Harvard-Radcliffe Association of African and Afro-American Students (AFRO)

'The Extraordinary Commission' Virtual Tour

State Police Attack Student Activists in Harvard Yard
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