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Collection includes digital photographs and digital audio. At least 72 hours advanced notice required for access.
Social Justice Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, William and Mary.
Collection of posters, pamphlets, buttons, booklets, and apparel related to various social movements from 2009-2018. Many of the posters were created by the attendees of these movements, like the Women's March on Washington in January of 2017, Black Lives Matter, Climate Change, and Immigration Policy Demonstrations throughout 2017. Majority of the pamphlets, booklets, and zines are from Occupy Philadelphia / Occupy Wall Street Demonstrations in 2009 and 2011, respectively. Collection includes some digital material, which requires at least 72 hours advanced notice for access. Accruals to this collection are expected.
Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.
White hand made poster, "Still Nasty, Still Voting" with blue, red and black lettering with female signs drawn along the bottom. Blue hand crocheted pussy hat with a red, white and blue colored button that states, "Women's March on Washington, January 21, 2017." Center of the button depicts the silhouettes of children's faces. The poster, hat, and button were worn by Emily Zinger who attended the Women's March on Washington in January of 2017 along with her mother, father, brother, and the families of her two uncles. The hat was crocheted by her mother.
Digital files. At least 72 hours advanced notice required for access.
13 digital photographs of participants in the Women's March. One group photograph features a group from New York City, Nashville, Tennessee, and Washington D.C. They are, Emily Smith, Varina Ratliff, Linda Tessar, and Sharon Smith. Digital material requires at least 72 hours advanced notice for access.
Digital file. At least 72 hours advanced notice required for access.
Recording of a folk music jam session of William & Mary students in protest of commercial culture and in support of creating their own authentic culture.
Message of peace for a June 25, 2015 memorial service at the Historic First Baptist Church of Williamsburg to honor the victims of the mass shooting at Emanuel A.M.E. Church in Charleston, SC.
Gift og Jennie Davy, 2018.
Program for a service held in Williamsburg, Va. to honor those who were killed in the mass shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburg, Pa. Community churches involved in the vigil include Temple Beth El, Williamsburg Unitarian Universalist Church, New Zion Baptist Church, St. Martin's Episcopal Church, First Baptist Church of Williamsburg, Williamsburg Christian Church, St. Stephen's Lutheran Church, and the Wesley Foundation at the College of William and Mary.
Gift of Ute Schechter, 2018.