Allen Building takeover, original photographs

Title:

Allen Building takeover, original photographs

Description:

These are the only known photographs from inside the Allen Building on February 13, 1969. Some of the Black student protestors are depicted inside the Central Records Office. The students brought playing cards and food with them into the Allen Building, which they rechristened the “Malcolm X Liberation School.”

Rights:

CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 DEED

Date:

1969

Citation:

Lynette Lewis Allston, "Allen Builiding Takeover Photographs," Allen Building Takeover Reference Collection, Box 1, Folder 19 (Subject Files/Primary Documents, Photographs, Feb. 13, 1969), Duke University Archives, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.

Alternative Text:

Six color polaroids of students sitting and standing inside a building.

Keywords:

Allen Building; Douglas Knight; photographs; Black History; Native American and Indigenous History

Display Date:

1969, February 13

Six color polaroids of students sitting and standing inside a building.
Six color polaroids of students sitting and standing inside a building.
Six color polaroids of students sitting and standing inside a building.

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