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  • Collection: Timeline for Protests at George Mason University

HousingCartoon.jpg
Political Cartoon and commentary on the student protest against housing conditions. The cartoon depicts an administrative secretary giving students the run around regarding president Johnson's whereabouts.

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VotingCartoon.jpg
Political Cartoon and commentary stating that two separate compalints were filed concernign student elections, the previously stated one and one related to the poster policy for elections. The cartoon depicts a GMU student attempting to enter the…

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GMU Students for Life hosted an event called "Where have all the pregnant women gone?" Jessica O'Connor Petts spoke of her personal history with abortion at this event describing her abortion at "mechanical rape." Students from the organization stood…

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Racism Rally.jpg
Nearly 100 students assembled at Sub 1 and Marched to Mason Hall as a continuation of a slient vigil held the week prior. This rally and the silent vigil prior were the result of of multiple instances of anti-black racisms occuring on campus…

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Religious protestor on campus depicted in the 1994 yearbook boasting a sign that says “God Hates Sin” and lists many groups under this sin umbrella such as “abortionists.”

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Silent protest of racism by African-American students on the George Mason University campus.

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After BOV Rector Marvin Murray voted against the funding of both an on-campus GLBT center and the appointment of a GLBT staff member to the Office of Minority Student Affairs and group of students publicly requested his dismissal from his position as…

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Broadside Article depicting Mason students rallying and raising money on the Quad for the Jena 6. These 6 were a group of black teenagers who were unjustly charged with attempted murder after a series of racist events occurring at their high school…

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Freshman Priority Quote.jpg
Kevin Gould, a sophomore business major at Mason Voices his opinion on the issue of freshman receiving housing prioirity

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Add:Drop 1.jpg
After students wait for hours in line for the registration Add/Drop process, one student collects signatures for a letter to President Johnson explaining student gripes and requested efforts to improve the process.

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