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Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action By Any Means Necessary (BAMN) records, 2017-2019

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Summary

Creator:
Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action by Any Means Necessary.
Abstract:
The Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action By Any Means Necessary (BAMN) records consist of materials distributed by BAMN to members at the University of Michigan via email for school years 2017/18 and 2018/19. Topics discussed include Richard Spencer speaking on campus; immigration policies of the Trump administration, especially the separation of families at the US border with Mexico and the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA); the appointment and confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the United States Supreme Court; and other anti-Trump advocacy.
Extent:
28.2 MB (online)
Language:
English
Call Number:
2024022 Aa 3
Authors:
Finding aid created by Gideon Goodrich, July 2024.

Background

Scope and Content:

The collection is arranged chronologically by when the materials were sent to membership. A handful of emails included attachments - these materials were collected into digital folders by the processing archivist to reflect the relationship between the original email and its attachments.

This collection documents the organizing efforts of the By Any Means Necessary (BAMN) membership at the University of Michigan between 2017 and 2019, advocating in support of Affirmative Action; asylum seekers and detained immigrants at the border of the United States and Mexico; and the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) act. They also organized against Richard Spencer's request to rent space and speak at the University of Michigan; the confirmation of (now U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice) Brett Kavanaugh; and the political actions of Donald Trump while he was President of the United States.

Biographical / Historical:

Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, Integration & Immigrant Rights, and Fight for Equality By Any Means Necessary (often shortened to By Any Means Necessary, and abbreviated BAMN) is a youth-lead civil rights and immigrant rights advocacy group focused on intersectional civil rights issues. This has included, but is not limited to, paths to citizenship, open boarders, integration, affirmative action, and anti-Trump advocacy. The organization had a chapter at the University of Michigan from approximately 2005 until 2019.

Acquisition Information:
Donated by the Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action By Any Means Necessary (donor no. 12045 ) in May 2019.
Arrangement:

The collection is arranged chronologically by when the materials were sent to membership.

Accruals:

No further additions to the records are expected.

Rules or Conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)

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USE & PERMISSIONS:

Donor(s) have not transferred any applicable copyright to the Regents of the University of Michigan. Patrons are responsible for determining the appropriate use or reuse of materials.

PREFERRED CITATION:

[item], Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action By Any Means Necessary (BAMN) records, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan. [URL]

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Collection

Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action By Any Means Necessary (BAMN) records, 2017-2019
Call Number 2024022 Aa 3
Total components 41
Items available online Online 40
Last indexed 2024-10-17