“A College Down There”

Resistance, Community Control, and Higher Education in South Phoenix, 1977‒1981

Learn more about the origins of South Mountain Community College and the South Phoenix Oral History Project.

Before there was a campus, students could register at the Administration Trailer.
Official registration took place nearby at Holy Family Catholic Church.

Click here for our slide presentation

Click here for the article “A College Down There: Race, Resistance, Community Control, and Higher Education in south Phoenix, 1977-1981” by Summer Cherland, Journal of AZ History (Spring 2022.) :

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