Student activism
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:
Hira Azher posters
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 16576
Content Description
This collection contains four posters displayed on the Lawn by Hira Azher, an undergraduate at the University of Virginia over the fall and winter of 2020 and 2021.The posters include critiques of the University of Virginia and the police, for white supremacy upheld in these institutions informed by Azher's experiences as a Muslim woman of color. Another poster provided protest and action steps to re-examine the case of Xavier Hill, an unarmed Black teenager, who was killed by the Viriginia...
Dates:
2020
BOV 1010: The corporate university, politics, and your tuition
Unprocessed Material — Box RG 23 - Additions Box 1: [Barcode: X032668425], Folder: ViU-2022-0146_001
Identifier: ViU-2022-0146
Dates:
2022
Climate Capsule journals
Record Group — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RG 6/14/7
Content Description
Twenty-seven "climate capsule" journals created as part of the 2019 Spring semester English course “Climate Fiction” taught by Professor Mary Kuhn (2019; 0.6 cubic feet). The journals consist of weekly observations and reflections from either specific routes or locations at the University of Virginia and Charlottesville, along with comments on cultural pieces regarding climate issues. The climate capsule journals are sealed until 2030.
Dates:
2019
Bill Ellis papers
Collection — Box BW 59: [Barcode: X031674512], Folder: 001
Identifier: MSS 16883
Content Description
This collection contains the papers of Bill Ellis related to the the May Day protests of 1970 at the University of Virginia. Ellis participated in these events as a student, and the collection contains material created and collected during this time. The papers comprise of four computer-generated banners, a bulletin, posters, and a summary report by the Virginia Strike Committee. The report details the events when State and Local Police confronted protesters on the U.Va. campus and Rugby...
Dates:
1970
Fugitive Chalk Manifesto zine and invitation
Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ViU-2024-0097
Dates:
2024
Thomas N. Gardner papers
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: X032669247]
Identifier: MSS 16732
Content Description
This collection contains the papers of Thomas Gardner, an alumnus of the University of Virginia, a leader in the Southern civil rights and national peace movements of the ‘60s and ‘70s, and Professor of Communication at Westfield State University.
The collection documents Gardner's social and political activism and involvement with civil rights, labor, anti-war, and anti-prison movements through different organizations such as the Southern Conference Education Fund (SCEF), the...
Dates:
c. 1966-2008
Living Wage Campaign-addition 1
Unprocessed Material — Oversize_flat_file_folder ACC_BW_001: [Barcode: X006178797], Oversize_Flat_File_folder: ViU2024-0045_001
Identifier: ViU-2024-0045
Dates:
November 29, 2018
Materials related to Israel-Palestine conflict
Unprocessed Material — Box RG 50 - Additions Box 1: [Barcode: X032668441], Folder: ViU-2024-0107_001
Identifier: ViU-2024-0107
Dates:
c. May 4, 2024.
Materials related to Israel-Palestine Conflict- addition 1
Unprocessed Material — Oversize_flat_file_folder ViU2024-0116_001: [Barcode: X032762539]
Identifier: ViU-2024-0116
Dates:
May 2024
Poster critiquing UVA's purchase of furniture made by prison labor
Collection — Oversize_flat_file_folder 1
Identifier: MSS 16575
Content Description
This collection contains one poster displayed by an undergraduate student living on the Lawn, during the fall of 2020. The poster is a critique of the University of Virginia's purchase of furniture made by prison labor. The sign was damaged and was taped back together.
Dates:
2020
Reynold Levy Papers
Unprocessed Material — Box ViU-2025-0017_001: [Barcode: X032784918]
Identifier: ViU-2025-0017
Dates:
1968-1970
Southern Student Organizing Committee records
Collection
Identifier: MSS 11192
Scope and Contents
The Southern Student Organizing Committee records include correspondence regarding the founding of the organization and its constitution and bylaws, correspondence, and memos and reports pertaining to the organization’s 1969 dissolution. The records also include publications from the SSOC and its members (such as Thomas Gardner and Steve Wise), including newsletters, brochures, project reports, and journal publications regarding a variety of topics, but particularly around civil rights...
Dates:
1948-1994
Student petition to rename the main library
Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ViU-2024-0063
Dates:
2024-02
University of Virginia Student Organizations-Miscellaneous
Collection
Identifier: RG 23/100
Dates:
1941-2022
Thurman Wenzl papers
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSS 16615
Content Description
This collection contains papers, correspondence, newspapers and clippings, publications, leaflets, and records on events, activities, and professional connections related to Thurman Wenzl's study as a graduate student at the University of Virginia (1963-1969). These materials document his efforts in the Civil Rights Movement and for worker's rights. The items include 1994 reunion materials of the Southern Student Organizing Committee (SSOC), information on the Radical Student Union of UVA,...
Dates:
ca. 1960s-2000
We're Pissed Off. You Should be Too zine
Unprocessed Material — Box RG 23 - Additions Box 1: [Barcode: X032668425], Folder: ViU2023-0075_001
Identifier: ViU-2023-0075
Dates:
Spring 2023
YOU are not free, until we are all free zine
Unprocessed Material — Box RG 50 - Additions Box 1: [Barcode: X032668441], Folder: ViU-2024-0017_001
Identifier: ViU-2024-0017
Dates:
2023