People of Camden protest the destruction of buildings for the expansion of Rutgers University into the Cooper-Grant community · Black Student Activism at Rutgers-Camden

People of Camden protest the destruction of buildings for the expansion of Rutgers University into the Cooper-Grant community

Genre: Yearbook excerpt
Description: Photo (full spread) collage of debris and rubble from demolished buildings along with construction machines, such as cranes and excavators, as well as people holding up signs protesting Rutgers University's expansion by destroying houses in the Cooper-Grant neighborhood.

Protesters hold up signs:
"Rutgers stop those bulldozers!"
"Rutgers eats houses"
"The Role of the Urban University? Rutgers Steamroller / Cooper-Grant Community"
Date: 1972
Source: Mneme 1972
Pages: 94-95
Subject: Construction and Development; Buildings and Grounds; Activism and Movements; Cooper-Grant Community
Archive: Camden Special Collections, Rutgers University Libraries
Collection: Camden Yearbooks
Contributor: Isoke Senghor