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Photograph showing students conversing inside The Black Market. The shop specialized in African goods, clothing, Black literature and sound recordings, until it was firebombed...

Photograph depicting The Black Market after it was firebombed on December 26, 1968. Taken from the IU News Bureau photograph collection, accession number 99/075.

Student Senate resolution accusing the IU Board of Trustees of acting in bad faith regarding their meeting with student leaders on May 11, 1969....

Letter from Bloomington Mayor John Hooker to Monroe County Prosecutor Thomas Berry. Hooker wanted a Grand Jury investigation into the so-called "Ballantine lock-in"...

Newspaper brief documenting the start of the trial for one professor and six former IU students on misdemeanor charges related to their participation in...

Newspaper article describing the proceedings of the trial of seven individuals facing misdemeanor charges related to their participation in the Ballantine lock-in two years...

Circular soliciting donations from faculty members to help out the owners of The Black Market in the wake of its firebombing. Taken from IU Archives'...

Newsletter describing the Little 500 sit-in and applauding the efforts of the black students involved. Taken from Eggshell Press records, 1966-1968, collection number C292. Go...

Newspaper brief describing the results of the trial of seven individuals involved in the Ballantine lock-in two years earlier. All defendants were found...

Flyer calling for students to gather to help plan for the defense of those being indicted by the Grand Jury for involvement in...