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Despite having success, a meeting was needed in order to determine the future of the extension center. While it served its purpose, it did not do enough for the other population of the community. The Advisory Council for the Northern Virginia Center,…

A series of papers written by Charles Mann Jr. from his point of view depicting the years 1949 to 1957 and his work in the early years of George Mason University and its predecessor, the Northern Virginia University Center. He served as the Chairman…

Photograph of two white male students leading the 1973 slave day, the last recorded slave day event at GMU and the first since 1971. Slave Day, or the slave sale fundraiser, was led and attended by white students and ran as a mock slave trade. Slave…

The University of Virginia president at the time, Colgate W. Darden Jr. saw an opportunity to start a new university in Northern Virginia and asked for the help of Charles Harrison Mann Jr. to test how feasible the idea was. He needed both the…

The Gunston Ledger, a newspaper published by what was at the time, George Mason College, on February 14, 1966. In the item we see the header: GMC Expands to Four Year Status, Appropriations Bill Passes the Va. House by 93-1 Vote, detailing the…

Front page of the Gunston Ledger. A cartoon on the front labeled "The Student Body" making fun of campus life through a diagram.

First issue of the Gunston Ledger presenting a realistic depiction of George Mason with the Bill of Rights written along the bottom on it's first front page.

Looking back at the Moratorium and the how we should think about it moving forward.

A thank you from the moratorium committee leaders and the way forward after the Moratorium.

The candles left from the vigil.