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Student Unrest, Tuskegee Institute: A Chronology

1968

Tuskegee, Macon County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A copy of Student Unrest, Tuskegee Institute: A Chronology, edited by Chester Higgins, Jr. The manuscript consists of printed copies of typewritten pages between stiff brown board covers, bound with a single metal prong fastener. On the front cover is a white paper label, inscribed in blue ink with the title and date [Student Unrest Tuskegee Institute A Chronology compiled and Edited by Chester Higgins, Jr. 1968]. Each page is numbered, originally by hand, in the upper right corner with the final page of footnotes numbered as 166. The contents are a compilation of documents, including position papers, memos, transcripts of press articles and other materials related to the student protest known as the Tuskegee Uprising on April 6, 1968.

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Catalog reference: 2025.14

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