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Music and performing have always been vital in the community. Here, a JMU student belts out a song on stage complete with backup dancers.

Male and female students in the JMU Black Choir walk and sing together. The choir, and other African American organizations on campus, worked together to create a support system of sorts for minority students adjusting to life on campus.

Meeting in a JMU academic building, these students are participating in a group study session. Collaboration and teamwork are still integral aspects of JMU's education. The student in the glasses sports an Omega Psi Phi shirt, one of JMU's…

JMU students holding hands and singing together during a block party for Black Awareness Month.

An unknown student studying on campus at Carrier Library. With Dr. Ronald E. Carrier’s induction in 1971, the school adopted his mentality that higher education was of utmost importance for improving the social standings of students--particularly…

A student in the Marching Royal Dukes shows off his talent at playing the guitar.

Student concentrating on a hands-on activity in a lab class.

Two students working on the school radio station, WMRA. WMRA is the National Public Radio station for the Shenandoah Valley and northwestern Virginia. Owned and operated by JMU, WMRA headquarters was located in the basement of Burruss Hall in the…

Pennants, common even from the early years of the school, are still being sold in the JMU Bookstore demonstrating their tenacity through the years of our school.

Iris Alina Ruiz, nicknamed "Titi," was born in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico in 1921. When she was 17, she traveled to the United States to attend Madison College for Elementary Education from 1939-1942. Her drawings included in this collection depicted the…