Photos: Remembering the 1992 sit-in protest at GSU's Sparks Hall

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Photos: Remembering the 1992 sit-in protest at GSU's Sparks Hall

Georgia State University students staged a sit-in protest in the basement of Sparks Hall on Nov. 9, 1992. The students were protesting in response to a racial slur written on a campus trash can.

Georgia State University students stage a sit-in protest in the basement of Sparks Hall on Nov. 9, 1992. The students were protesting in response to a racial slur written on a campus trash can. (Marlene Karas / AJC Archive at the GSU Library AJCNS1992-11-09-02d)

Georgia State University students stage a sit-in protest in the basement of Sparks Hall on Nov. 9, 1992. The students were protesting in response to a racial slur written on a campus trash can. (Marlene Karas / AJC Archive at the GSU Library AJCNS1992-11-09-02e)

Students stage a sit-in protest in the basement of GSU's Sparks Hall on Nov. 9, 1992. (Marlene Karas / AJC Archive at the GSU Library AJCNS1992-11-09-02h)

Students sit in front of Sparks Hall on the GSU campus on Nov. 9, 1992. The building was closed due to a sit-in protest over how the GSU administration handled a racial conflict. (John Spink / AJC Archive at the GSU Library AJCP201-050o)

A student outside of Sparks Hall on Nov. 9, 1992 reads a sign announcing that the building is closed, and a protest sign that says "Silence is compliance." (John Spink / AJC Archive at the GSU Library AJCNS1992-11-09-01b)

Students raise their fists as they stage a sit-in protest in the basement of GSU's Sparks Hall on Nov. 9, 1992. (Marlene Karas / AJC Archive at the GSU Library AJCNS1992-11-09-02f)

A protest sign is attached to a display at GSU's Sparks Hall on the day that protestors staged a sit-in in the building's basement on Nov. 9, 1992. The sign includes a quote by historian Carter G. Woodson: "If you make a man feel that he is inferior, you don't have to compel him to accept an inferior status ... he will seek it himself." (Marlene Karas / AJC Archive at the GSU Library AJCNS1992-11-09-02a)

Some of the leaders of the sit-in protest at GSU's Sparks Hall tell the group of student protestors gathered what has been talked about in the negotiations with the University on No. 9, 1992, and ask if they are in agreement. (Marlene Karas / AJC Archive at the GSU Library AJCNS1992-11-09-02c)

Students lock arms as they stage a sit-in protest in the basement of GSU's Sparks Hall on Nov. 9, 1992. (Marlene Karas / AJC Archive at the GSU Library AJCNS1992-11-09-02i)

An administrator arrives with pizzas before addressing protestors at GSU's Sparks Hall on Nov. 9, 1992. (Marlene Karas / AJC Archive at the GSU Library AJCNS1992-11-09-02k)

An administrator addresses protestors at GSU's Sparks Hall on Nov. 9, 1992. (Marlene Karas / AJC Archive at the GSU Library AJCNS1992-11-09-02m)

An administrator addresses protestors at GSU's Sparks Hall on Nov. 9, 1992. (Marlene Karas / AJC Archive at the GSU Library AJCNS1992-11-09-02j)

Students stage a sit-in protest in the basement of GSU's Sparks Hall on Nov. 9, 1992. (Marlene Karas / AJC Archive at the GSU Library AJCNS1992-11-09-02b)

A Georgia State University student demonstrator wearing a "We want our 40 acres and a mule" shirt stands outside Sparks Hall on Nov. 9, 1992. (Marlene Karas / AJC Archive at the GSU Library AJCNS1992-11-09-03b)

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Georgia State University students stage a sit-in protest in the basement of Sparks Hall on Nov. 9, 1992. The students were protesting in response to a racial slur written on a campus trash can. (Marlene Karas / AJC Archive at the GSU Library AJCNS1992-11-09-02d)

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