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In February 1963 newly initiated Bro. St. Clair C. Bourne, Al-'62, and fourteen fellow members of Alpha Chapter were arrested conducting a sit-in at a diner in Roslyn that had earlier refused to serve Bro. Bourne, who is Black. This was the first act of civil disobedience protesting segregation in the history of Georgetown University and made all the local newspapers. Click here to learn more about that sit-in.

Bro. Bourne is now one of the country's most prominent Black filmakers. Click here for a summary of his career recently placed on the new web site for the alumni of G.U.'s Masque and Bauble Society.

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