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Demonstrator leaving bursar’s office

A demonstrator walks out of the bursar’s office in Morrill Hall during a student protest on the University of Minnesota’s Minneapolis campus. Photograph by Ted Hammond of the Minnesota Daily, January 15, 1969.

Paul Cashman and James Reeves

Paul Cashman (center) and James Reeves (right). Photograph by Ted Hammond of the Minnesota Daily, January 14, 1969.

Rose Mary Freeman and Horace Huntley

Rose Mary Freeman, president of the Afro-American Action Committee (AAAC), and Horace Huntley inside Morrill Hall during student protests at the University of Minnesota’s Minneapolis campus, 1969.

Students rallying in front of Morrill Hall

Students rally in front of Morrill Hall at the University of Minnesota’s Minneapolis campus, 1969.

Morrill Hall Takeover, University of Minnesota

Black students at the University of Minnesota staged a twenty-four-hour protest at Morrill Hall, the school’s administrative building, in 1969. The demonstration led to the creation of the university’s Afro-American Studies Department.