Pierce Backs Up Melleby on Rutgers
- Genre
- Clipping
- Description
- Alfred R. Pierce, the mayor of Camden, supported the chief of police in his decision to send police officers to Rutgers Camden when any protests occurred, regardless of whether or not the school invited them. This decision comes on the wings of a Black student takeover of one of the buildings the week previous.
- Date
- March 6, 1969
- Publication
- Courier-Post
- Place of Publication
- Camden, NJ
- Language
- English
- Archive
- Camden Special Collections, Rutgers University Libraries
- Collection
- Camden Clippings Collection
- Archival Location
- Volume: March to August 1969
- Contributor
- Kieran Leo Armstrong
- Nholvahiwa Cosmas
- Object ID
- DCA00757