Social activism
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Amherst College Moratoria Collection
Clippings, printed matter, photographs and administrative records related to four separate moratoria held at Amherst College to protest and discuss race relations, the Vietnam War, the U.S. entry into Cambodia, and the College curriculum.
Kaelan McCone (AC 2019) Digital Photographs of Amherst Uprising
This collection contains approximately 600 digital photographs taken by Kaelan McCone during the course of the Amherst Uprising, November 2015.
Moratorium, 1969
Contains correspondence and other materials of the many panels, committees, and events that Hawkins was involved in. Highlights include SCLC's SCOPE project (in which Martin Luther King Jr. participated), which includes an audiotape of speeches, newspapers, and more. Several Amherst College academic committees are included, such as the Task Force on Admission and Financial Aid.
William H. Clamurro (AC 1967) Papers
The William H. Clamurro (AC 1967) Papers contain wartime letters from Clamurro to his parents and to Amherst College classmate Jack D. Hailey; poetry written while in Vietnam; letters from poet Archibald MacLeish to Clamurro, and other documentation about Clamurro's time in Vietnam and the writing he did during his service.