This digital collection comprises issues of The Black Voice, a Syracuse University student publication. Founded in the late 1960s with a strong emphasis on radical politics and a countercultural ethos, its mission was to further the intellectual and political dialogue of Black people at Syracuse University and offer a critical medium for students to understand and engage with their community. Particularly in its early years, The Black Voice served as a platform for the viewpoints of marginalized people at the University. Tackling campus, local, and national topics, the newspaper offered a valuable perspective on history and a glimpse at life for Black students over several decades.

These images were scanned from a microfilm of issues of The Black Voice dating between 1969 and 1990. The finding aid for The Black Voice Collection is available from the Special Collections Research Center’s University Archives.

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Thumbnail image: Detail from the May 6, 1971 issue of The Black Voice. The Black Voice Collection, University Archives.