Chicago Tribune historical photoNorthwestern University students protest in front of the administration building on May 3, 1968, after black students occupied the bursar's office, alleging that the university hadn't confronted Evanston's segregated housing.
James O'Leary / Chicago TribuneNorthwestern University students, protesting the war in Southeast Asia and demonstrating against the recent shooting of four Kent State University students, gather outside the Rebecca Crown Center on the Evanston campus on May 7, 1970.
Joe Boyce / Chicago TribuneBlack Northwestern University students lock themselves inside the administration building in May 1968.
Michael Budrys / Chicago TribuneA large tent is pitched on campus, night quarters for some, at Northwestern University during an anti-war protest on May 7, 1970.
James O'Leary / Chicago TribuneBlack students occupying Scott Hall at Northwestern University talk with people through a window on May 4, 1968. The students used the window of the administration building to get supplies from fellow students supporting their protest.
Jack Mulcahy / Chicago TribuneEvanston police Chief William McHugh tries to move students out of the roadway on May 13, 1970. The students arrived to find their barricade had been removed, opening Sheridan Road at Chicago Avenue. Some students sat while others milled in the center of the street.
Walter Kale / Chicago TribuneStudents gather near Northwestern University's library in Evanston for an anti-war protest on May 6, 1970, in response to the killings at Kent State University.
Michael Budrys / Chicago TribuneAn ABC-TV cameraman is stopped from recording a flag burning when more than 1,000 students assembled in Northwestern University's Deering Meadow on May 5, 1970, to protest the shooting of Kent State University students the day before. Northwestern students made four mock graves near the library and buried symbolic coffins.
Joe Boyce / Chicago TribuneBlack students take over Scott Hall at Northwestern University on May 4, 1968, and bar all administration and faculty members from entering until their demands are met.
James O'Leary / Chicago TribuneWhite students, in sympathy with the protesting black students who have seized Northwestern University's administration building, occupy the office of the dean of students in Scott Hall on May 3, 1968.
Dave Nystrom / Chicago TribuneNorthwestern University students barricaded Sheridan Road in front of Scott Hall on May 8, 1970, during an anti-war protest. The school's sign had been added to the barricade.
James O'Leary / Chicago TribuneWhite students at Northwestern University sit outside Scott Hall in solidarity with the black students who have taken over the building May 4, 1968. The students erected a tarp to protect themselves from the rain.
James O'Leary / Chicago TribuneWhite students, in sympathy with the protesting black students who have seized Northwestern University's administration building, sit on the steps of Scott Hall on May 4, 1968.
Charles Osgood / Chicago TribuneStudents barricade several blocks of Sheridan Road and build fires in the middle of the street using garbage and park benches for fuel on May 7, 1970, during an anti-war protest in solidarity with Kent State University. The stained glass windows of Levere Memorial Temple can be seen in the background.
James O'Leary / Chicago TribuneEvanston police and student protesters push and shove outside Lunt Hall at Northwestern University on May 13, 1970. The trouble began when students started moving files and other records from Lunt, the ROTC building, into the street to protest the Vietnam War.
Michael Budrys / Chicago TribuneA band plays near the barricade on Sheridan Road in front of Scott Hall at Northwestern University during an anti-war protest put on by students on May 7, 1970.
Walter Kale / Chicago TribuneStudents gather near Northwestern University's library in Evanston for an anti-war protest on May 6, 1970.
Joe Boyce / Chicago TribuneBlack students take over Northwestern University's Scott Hall and bar all administration and faculty from entering on May 4, 1968. Among their demands is a greater presence of minorities at the university, where there were about 45 to 50 blacks among 6,500 undergraduates.
James O'Leary / Chicago TribuneNorthwestern University students built a barricade on Sheridan Road at Chicago Avenue in front of Scott Hall on May 7, 1970, during an anti-war protest in Evanston.
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Northwestern University students protest in front of the administration building on May 3, 1968, after black students occupied the bursar's office, alleging that the university hadn't confronted Evanston's segregated housing.
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On May 3, 1968, African-American students occupied Northwestern University’s bursar’s office, alleging that NU hadn’t confronted Evanston’s segregated housing. Among their demands was a greater presence of minorities at the university. After a day and a half, the protesters vacated the building, having been promised reforms.
Below are news articles, an editorial and letters from the Chicago Tribune from the week of the protests.
