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A group of girls selected for Homecoming court at SCU, 1970, smiling and laughing, and parading around in a car.

A picture from Santa Clara University's yearbook, "The Redwood" in 1970, of the first club for international students.

A letter from Kichiro Iwamoto, chairman of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Fund, sending a memo to the faculty and staff informing them of the amount of money they had raised to give as financial aid to students of color.

A letter from the widow of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, Coretta Scott King, to Father Terry in response to a letter of condolence from him regarding the death of her husband as well as to inform her of the creation of the scholarship for black students…

Student speaker addressing the crowd at Dr. Martin Luther King's Birthday/memorial, January 15, 2015, at Santa Clara University.

A letter from Al McGovert, assistant to the Dean of Students for Special Projects, to the Academic Vice-President of SCU James Albertson, S.J. The letter is about the possibility of rearranging the amount of money distributed from the JFK Fund for…

A student from the very first Black Student Union.

A letter from Matthias Meier, the chairman of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Fund, to the staff and faculty of SCU. In the letter he summarizes the reason for the creation of the fund and reaches out to the staff and faculty to donate $5 of…

A slip distributed to staff and administration at SCU asking them to pledge a certain amount of money from their monthly paychecks in order to create a fund to allow students of color to attend SCU.

Ray Charles performing at Santa Clara University in order to encourage and rally support for the Civil Rights Movement.