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Anne Ralph got 740 students to sign her petition to reinstate Brown. She presented her petition to Associate Provost Paige and Chancellor Lorin Thompson.

Andy Evans, who the first African American admissions officer at GMU, is seen at a protest in front of North Building.

The facility finally was distrubted a license by the Department of Welfare and Institutions of the Commonwealth of Virginia.

A group of African American students gathering together.

This advertisement features an illustration of a white planter smoking a pipe, surrounded by enslaved individuals holding farming tools like hoes and providing shade with an umbrella. The image reflects the idealized portrayal of plantation life,…

These are screenshots from the 1982 GMU "The Advocate" Yearbook of the administrative staff at George Mason University, in particular the Vice presidents of the administrative departments. We can see an equal balance of women to men in vice president…

This image from the 1965 George Mason College yearbook reflects a time when the faculty and administrative staff were entirely white. The absence of Black faculty or staff members in this picture and throughout the yearbook highlights the racial…

This is screenshots from the 1965 "The Advocate" Yearbook of the administrative staff of George Mason College in the Office of the Director, Office of the Dean, Office of Admissions, Office of Business, and the college's director. This is to show the…

The image is an excerpt from the Harpers weekly in 1886. The image displays the key places in and around Mount Vernon such as Fort Washington, the Estate, the main hallway, the landing, and the tomb. It also showcases the distant view of D.C. and…

Scene with the main character and tiger puppets from a ""Little Black Sambo"" marionette production in New Jersey.