"Black Market Needs Financial Help"
Newspaper editorial appealing for financial assistance for the owners of The Black Market in the wake of its firebombing.
Taken from IU Archives' reference file "Black Market Fire - Dec. 26, 1968."
Indiana Daily Student
1969-01-07
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"Confirm Arson in Bloomington Business Fire"
Newspaper article describing the police investigation into the fire that destroyed The Black Market. Arson was quickly determined as the cause of the fire, with several members of the Ku Klux Klan arested in the aftermath.
Taken from IU Archives' reference file "Black Market Fire - Dec. 26, 1968."
Daily Herald-Telephone
1968-12-29
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"Kafka & Kangaroo"
<p>Article from underground newspaper <em>The Spectator</em> irreverently describing the results of the trial of the Dow Chemical protesters.</p>
<p>Taken from Spectator Records, 1966-1970, collection number C67.</p>
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The Spectator
1968-3-11
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"Kafka & Kangaroo" part 2
<p>Part two of article from underground newspaper <em>The Spectator</em> irreverently describing the results of the trial of the Dow Chemical protesters.<br /><br />Taken from Spectator Records, 1966-1970, collection number C67.</p>
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The Spectator
1968-3-11
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"Why the Black Students are Sitting-In"
Flyer listing reasons for the Black students' sit-in at site of the Little 500. The students were protesting discriminatory clauses found in the national charters of fraternities.
Taken from the IU Archives' reference file "Student Demonstrations - Little 500 1968."
United Anti-Racist Movement
1968-05-11
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Black Market Ad
<p>Advertisement for The Black Market printed in <em>The Spectator</em>. The shop specialized in African goods, clothing, Black literature and sound recordings, until it was firebombed on December 26, 1968.</p>
<p>Taken from Spectator Records, 1966-1970, collection number C67.</p>
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The Spectator
1968-09-??
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Black Market Burned Out
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.
IU News Bureau
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Black Market Burns
Newspaper article describing the fire that destroyed The Black Market on December 26, 1968.
Taken from IU Archives' reference file "Black Market Fire - Dec. 26, 1968."
Daily Herald-Telephone
1968-12-27
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Black Student Demands
<p>Flyer listing the demands made by black students demonstrating at the stadium where the Little 500 was to take place. The students were protesting discriminatory clauses found in the national charters of fraternities.</p>
<p>Taken from Eggshell Press records, 1966-1968, collection number C292.</p>
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Black Students News Service
1968-05-10
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Inside Agitator No. 15
<p>Newsletter describing the Little 500 sit-in and applauding the efforts of the black students involved.</p>
<p>Taken from Eggshell Press records, 1966-1968, collection number C292.</p>
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Progressive Reform Party
1968-05-18
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