WFU Student Activism
This subject guide is in progress – this page will be updated as materials are accessioned and processed.
Campus Protests and Student Activism
Early 20th Century
Old Gold & Black
Audio Recordings: Reel-to-Reel (RG11.1)
University Photograph Collection
University Archives Photograph Digital Collection
University Archives Photograph Collection (RG10.1)
Mid 20th Century-1970
Wilson, E., Paschal, G., & Shaw, B. (2010). The history of Wake Forest University, vol. V, 1967-1983. The History of Wake Forest, Volume V, 1967-1983. Wake Forest University. Retrieved from https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/bitstream/handle/10339/58226/wf_history_v5_access.pdf.
Audio Recordings: Reel-to-Reel (RG11.1)
University Photograph Collection
Cold War
Vietnam – 1970 March for Peace
Lessons from a Time of Upheaval
Persian War
“Coeds’ Protests
Women’s Dress code
Wake Forest Magazine
1970-2000s
University Photograph Collection
Audio Recordings: Reel-to-Reel (RG11.1)
Dancing Ban
Documentary Film
Title IX
Women’s Athletics Director Records
2000-Present
History of Wake Forest University Oral Histories (RG53.1), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
175th Anniversary Oral Histories
Other Resources
Challenge Series. Student Organizations. Challenge Series Records (RG8.3)
Wake Forest University’s School of Law Protestors’ Rights – Pro Bono Project that highlights resources and information to provide legal protection for protestors.
Wake Forest University Timeline
Title IX Homepage
Wake Forest Feminist Collective
Girl Up UN Foundation Wake Forest
Trailblaze (Students working together to challenge rape culture)
PREPARE (Policy Group on Rape Education, Prevention and Response)
Rape Aggression Defense (RAD)
Wake Forest University’s Women’s Center
Wake Forest University’s LGBTQ Center
Spectrum WFU (formerly the WFU Gay-Straight Alliance)
The Intercultural Center
Woolworth Sit-In
Civil Rights
Sit-In
Human Rights
Student Life
Dancing Ban
Coeds Protest
Women’s Dress Code