Photographs from a March 8, 1965, civil rights sit-in at KU’s Strong Hall.

photo by: Journal-World Photo/University Archives, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, KU

On March 8, 1965, about 150 members of the Civil Rights Council, an organization of both black and white students, sat down in the hallway near W. Clarke Wescoes office in Strong Hall at about 10:30 a.m. with the goal of bringing attention to the administrations tacit approval of discrimination in campus housing and University-sanctioned organizations, particularly fraternities and sororities.

photo by: Journal-World Photo/University Archives, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, KU

On March 8, 1965, about 150 members of the Civil Rights Council, an organization of both black and white students, sat down in the hallway near W. Clarke Wescoe’s office in Strong Hall at about 10:30 a.m. with the goal of bringing attention to the administration’s tacit approval of discrimination in campus housing and University-sanctioned organizations, particularly fraternities and sororities. Right of center, against the wall with a sweater and tie is KU All-American football player Gale Sayers.

photo by: Journal-World Photo/University Archives, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, KU

On March 8, 1965, about 150 members of the Civil Rights Council, an organization of both black and white students, sat down in the hallway near W. Clarke Wescoes office in Strong Hall at about 10:30 a.m. with the goal of bringing attention to the administrations tacit approval of discrimination in campus housing and University-sanctioned organizations, particularly fraternities and sororities.

photo by: Journal-World Photo/University Archives, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, KU

Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe prepares to address a crowd of students following a March 8, 1965, sit-in organized by the Civil Rights Council, an organization of both black and white students, sat down in the hallway near W. Clarke Wescoes office in Strong Hall with the goal of bringing attention to the administrations tacit approval of discrimination in campus housing and University-sanctioned organizations, particularly fraternities and sororities.

photo by: Journal-World Photo/University Archives, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, KU

A crowd of students gather to hear Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe speak after the Civil Rights Council, an organization of both black and white students, and other students held a sit-in March 8, 1965. The sit was a civil rights protest with the goal of bringing attention to the administrations tacit approval of discrimination in campus housing and University-sanctioned organizations, particularly fraternities and sororities.

photo by: Journal-World Photo/University Archives, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, KU

On March 8, 1965, about 150 members of the Civil Rights Council, an organization of both black and white students, sat down in the hallway near W. Clarke Wescoe’s office in Strong Hall at about 10:30 a.m. with the goal of bringing attention to the administration’s tacit approval of discrimination in campus housing and University-sanctioned organizations, particularly fraternities and sororities. One-hundred ten KU students were arrested following the refusal to leave the Chancellor's office.

photo by: Journal-World Photo/University Archives, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, KU

Scene after Arrests - KU students wait outside the Douglas County Sheriff's office, where they were booked on the night of March 8, 1965, after about 150 members of the Civil Rights Council, an organization of both black and white students, sat down in the hallway near W. Clarke Wescoe’s office in Strong Hall with the goal of bringing attention to the administration’s tacit approval of discrimination in campus housing and University-sanctioned organizations, particularly fraternities and sororities.