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Student Activism in the Context of the 1930s
Segregated Student Housing and the Activists Who Defeated It
Antisemitism at the University of Minnesota
Political Surveillance of the University
Student Movements on Campus
Regent George Leonard and the Political Fight Over Selecting Regents
What Happened to the Student Activists who Challenged Racism, Antisemitism, and Political Repression?
Power and Memory: The Movement to Rename Campus Buildings
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Learn about the political struggles that divided the University of Minnesota during the 1930s
Learn about the global, national, and local political and social issues and movements that shaped University of Minnesota students’ lives in the 1930s.
Student Activism in the Context of the 1930s
Learn about the decade-long effort to keep student housing racially segregated by University administrators, and how activists defeated them.
Segregated Student Housing and the Activists Who Defeated It
Learn about the ways that Jewish students were marginalized at the University, and singled out for political surveillance.
Antisemitism at the University of Minnesota
Learn about the relationship between the Dean of Students and a Republican Party operative to spy on students and circulate this information for political ends
Political Surveillance of the University
Learn about the issues that student activists fought for, and the efforts to suppress them.
Student Movements on Campus and the Struggle for Students’ Rights
Learn about the 1938 fight over the appointment of regents.
Regent George Leonard and the Political Fight Over Selecting Regents
Learn about the remarkable lives led by these student activists after they left college.
What Happened to the Student Activists who Challenged Racism, Antisemitism, and Political Repression?
How A Campus Divided created a movement to honor activists and hold perpetrators of racism, antisemitism, and political repression accountable
Power and Memory: The Movement to Rename Campus Buildings