Donations

We are collecting memories, memorabilia, and photos, and would like to hear from you:

• Did you, or someone you know, compete athletically at SJSC between the years of 1956 and 1969? Before 1956?

• Did you, or someone you know, attend SJSC between the years of 1956 and 1969?

• Do you, or someone you know, have a memory to share of SJSC’s dominance in the sport of track and field between 1956 and 1969?

• Do you have a memory of Harry Edwards’ Olympic Project for Human Rights, or John Carlos and Tommie Smith’s protest on the winners’ podium in Mexico City in 1968?

• Did you compete athletically at a predominately Black college during the years between 1956 and 1969?

Please contact Alida Bray, Sarah Puckitt, or Urla Hill if you would like to be involved with the exhibit. The contact information is below:

Alida Bray: Director of Collections and Exhibitions, (408) 521-5026, abray@historysanjose.org

Sarah Puckitt: Curator of Photography and Art, (408) 521-5025, spuckitt@historysanjose.org

Urla Hill: (408) 660-5333, uhill@historysanjose.org

You, too, can contact Alida Bray, Sarah Puckitt, or Urla at the museum by writing:

History San Jose
1659 Senter Road
San Jose, California 95112