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Identifier
Kanza1970_171
Object Type
Yearbook
Creation Date
1-1-1970
Description
A 1970 Kanza yearbook article titled "Blacks protest senate actions" showing Pittsburg Police in riot gear (the same police officers shown escorting members of the Black Student Movement during the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial March in 1968). Also included is a photograph of the mock funeral held for the "Pig [Student] Senate" (continued from pages 169 and 170).
Transcription
After a rebuff from the senate, the Blacks carried their cause to the people via a demonstration on Lindberg Street. The peaceful demonstration obstructed the flow of traffic by filling the cross walk in front of Willard Hall with pedestrians, utilizing the fact that pedestrians have the right-of-way in the crosswalk. The city police arrived to monitor the activities and divert traffic in the event that violence might erupt. The protest eventually ceased with the restoration of traffic and the large crowd of spectators dispersed.
In March, the Black Student Movement executed a well-planned protest of the Miss Pitt State pageant. Just before the pageant was to commence on opening night, the Blacks, with signs and placards, marched through the audience and onto the stage. Their slogans condemned the pageant as being rascist even though, according to a member of the Pitt Crew, several black girls were asked to participate.
[Photo caption] Prepared for possible trouble, Pittsburg' s finest turned out in riot gear.
