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  • Gun Battles, Bootlegging, and Dissent: Crime and Disorder at the U of I

    Feb 8, 2018 12:30 pm by Spurlock MuseumCampus Life
    crowds of police, protesters and observers on Green Street. Image courtesy of University of Illinois Archives.

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    • crowds of police, protesters and observers on Green Street. Image courtesy of University of Illinois Archives.

    Class fights, hazing rituals, Prohibition-era booze raids, war protests, and racism. History instructor Nathan Tye explores how the campus was shaped by these events