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A student laments the passing of MLK Jr. and the state of America. The author claims America is still enslaved as long as white apathy persists.

Instead of creating a full-fledged branch college of NOVA, an extension center was established with the emphasis on adult education and college-level instruction. It was fought for and approved in 1949, with organized classes beginning in 1950. By…

In 1954, the Advisory Council for the Northern Virginia Center was formed to advise the University on the operation of the center and to explore possibilities of its expansion to a branch of the University of Virginia. Due to a change in rules…

A brochure of a 1993 3 day conference, where it was decided that Krasnow will be dedicated to neuroscience research

An invitation for a 1993 3 day conference, where it was decided that Krasnow will be dedicated to neuroscience research.

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 front page photograph of the Mason Maniak

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…

Pictured: John Victor, dressed in traditional colonial garb at a GMU basketball game, as one of the first Mascots of GMU.

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…