Materials for Group Four

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Topic: Public Image and the Press

Directions: Start with the core resources, then move to the additional resources if you have time. Click on each resource to navigate to the Internet Archive or Digital Repository System, where you can read documents and view photographs.   In the Internet Archive, use the zoom button and page turner on the bottom right of the viewer interface. In the DRS, click the download button to view the document in higher resolution and read multiple pages.

For each resource, note the number of sequential pages you should look through in the caption citations listed on this page. For resources from the Cauldron: if the citation specifies a single headline, read only the corresponding article. If a citation specifies "full page(s)", read and view all articles and images on those pages.

After you have examined your resources, return to the Lesson Plan page and reflect on the Document Analysis Questions.

Background Note: Throughout the late 1960s to early 1970s, anti-War and student power movement sympathizers used student publications to express their frustrations with the University administration, whom they felt did not take their concerns and demands seriously. During this period, many at the Northeastern News were openly critical of the University administration and vocal about student activism, even covering local events largely ignored by the mainstream press. (Among these was the Hemenway Street police riot, which was not covered in a major newspaper  until a New York Times article published a week after the incident.) Beginning in 1971, the Cauldron yearbooks dedicated large chapters to covering current events both on and off campus, many related to the War and anti-War movement. Some students charged the administration with attempting to drown out student voices amidst new alumni periodicals which they felt whitewashed campus events.

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Core Resources

Additional Resources (Optional)

Board minutes, 1968-1969
1968

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