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Pictured is a promotional flier for Slave Day. Slave Day was an event held by one of the GMU fraternities that mimicked the slave trade to raise money. The flier states that clubs and individuals that purchase student "slaves" would get a full day of…

An oral history conducted with Ric Chollar on the topics of LGBTQ+ history at Mason.

Fourth Estate article discussing the implementation of recycling bins to reduce waste reduction in dorm rooms.

Bailey’s Crossroads: George Mason’s First Campus (1957–1964)
This small red-brick building at 5836 Columbia Pike in Falls Church, Virginia, was first built in 1922 as an elementary school. In 1957, it became the first home of George Mason College.…

An article discussing the official opening of the Institute in 1997, which will be used for Neuroscience research and student success.

During the Gulf War in 1991, the general attitude at George Mason University was one of discussion and analysis rather than widespread activism. Unlike the Vietnam War era, there were fewer large-scale protests. Instead, faculty members, particularly…

Newspaper clip announcing Roger Wilkins appointment as director of Community Relations Service on December 27, 1965. Wilkins worked in several capacities as an advocate for justice, where he continues to be a major commentator and analyst on American…

Roger Wilkins in the center is being sworn in as Director of the United States Community Relations Service, Washington, D.C., January, 1966. Also in attendance is his first wife, Eve Wilkins, daughter, Amy Wilkins, and U.S. President Lyndon Baines…

Roger Wilkins was a leader in the fights for civil rights in the Kennedy and Johnson administration before becoming a Pulitzer-prize winning journalist. Wilkins provided an autobiography of a Black man who has moved through various levels of American…

Attorney, civil rights activist, and historian Roger Wood Wilkins was born in Kansas City, Missouri, to Earl and Helen Wilkins on March 25, 1932. His father, Earl Wilkins, was a business manager for the Kansas City Hall newspaper, and his mother was…