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| The sit-in was a student protest against College administration to press the issue of financial aid for Black students, among other issues. | The sit-in was a student protest against College administration to press the issue of financial aid for Black students, among other issues. |
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| On April 22, 1968, arising from a climate of frustration and miscommunication, members of Trinity College's Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) along with the [[trinity_coalition_of_blacks|Trinity Association of Negroes (TAN)]] rallied together a group of 168 students to hold the Executive Committee of the [[trustees|Board of Trustees]] and [[jacobs_albert_c|President Albert C. Jacobs]] captive for several hours during a regularly scheduled meeting in the [[downes_clock_tower|Downes Memorial Clock Tower]]. | On April 22, 1968, arising from a climate of frustration and miscommunication, members of Trinity College's Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) along with the [[trinity_coalition_of_blacks|Trinity Association of Negroes (TAN)]] rallied together a group of 168 students to hold the Executive Committee of the [[trustees|Board of Trustees]] and President [[jacobs_albert_c|Albert C. Jacobs]] captive for several hours during a regularly scheduled meeting in the [[downes_clock_tower|Downes Memorial Clock Tower]]. |
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| In their manifesto, the demonstrators requested that President Jacobs and the Board consider increasing scholarship support for black students, additional classes focusing on urban studies, and community development, amid other requests. The manifesto ended, "We firmly advocate immediate implementation of this proposal and if the Executive Board of the Trustees fail to support the students and the College in this effort, we feel that there is no other viable alternative open to us but to emphatically demonstrate our concern through the means advocated by the late Dr. Martin Luther King." Unknown to the demonstrators, President Jacobs and the Board not only had the same mandate in mind, but they were working at that time to achieve the same goal as the students. Due to a series of miscommunications, this information was undisclosed at the time of the sit-in. | In their manifesto, the demonstrators requested that President Jacobs and the Board consider increasing scholarship support for black students, additional classes focusing on urban studies, and community development, amid other requests. The manifesto ended, "We firmly advocate immediate implementation of this proposal and if the Executive Board of the Trustees fail to support the students and the College in this effort, we feel that there is no other viable alternative open to us but to emphatically demonstrate our concern through the means advocated by the late Dr. Martin Luther King." Unknown to the demonstrators, President Jacobs and the Board not only had the same mandate in mind, but they were working at that time to achieve the same goal as the students. Due to a series of miscommunications, this information was undisclosed at the time of the sit-in. |
| [[https://trinitywatkinson.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/resources/163|Steven H. Keeney papers]], Trinity College Archives. | [[https://trinitywatkinson.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/resources/163|Steven H. Keeney papers]], Trinity College Archives. |
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| [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1001&context=w_books|Trinity College in the Twentieth Century]] (2000) by Peter and Anne Knapp, pp. 344-365. | [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.34547612|Trinity College in the Twentieth Century]] (2000) by Peter and Anne Knapp, pp. 344-365. |
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| [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/tripod/803/|Trinity Tripod]], February 14, 1969. | [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/tripod/803/|Trinity Tripod]], February 14, 1969. |
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| [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1796&context=tripod|Trinity Tripod]], May 7, 1968. | [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.29848691|Trinity Tripod]], May 7, 1968. |
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| [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1777&context=tripod|Trinity Tripod]], April 30, 1968. | [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.29848690|Trinity Tripod]], April 30, 1968. |
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| [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1761&context=tripod|Trinity Tripod]], April 24, 1968. | [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.29848689|Trinity Tripod]], April 24, 1968. |
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| [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1778&context=tripod|Trinity Tripod]], April 23, 1968. | [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.29848688|Trinity Tripod]], April 23, 1968. |
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