“Student Protest Rally is Today” in Minnesota Daily about Segregated Housing

The Minnesota Daily reports on a large student protest organized to pressure the University administration into making a declaration on student rights and housing. President Coffey refused to make a statement on the closing of the International House when white students moved into a segregated house exclusively for African American men, or “the Negro problem,” despite a petition with over 1,000 student signatures calling for his reversal of longstanding discrimination policies on campus.

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CreatorMinnesota DailySourceUniversity of Minnesota Archives, "Student Protest Rally is Today," Minnesota Daily, April 14, 1942, p. 1.Date14/04/1942RightsImage is available courtesy the University of Minnesota Archives. For additional information about the use or re-use of this image please contact the University of Minnesota Archives at www.lib.umn.edu/uarchives.CoverageUniversity of MinnesotaTime Period1940s