["Free Palestine; Plant Seeds" Protest Chalk Drawing]

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Photograph from October, 8th, 2024, of chalk drawings from UNT students around the Administration and library-mall area. On that Tuesday, Pro-Palestinian organizations held a campus walkout, protesting for the Israel-Hamas conflict anniversary. Some of these chalk drawings were faded by the sprinkler system. Photograph of text written, in English and Arabic, in pink sidewalk chalk and accompanied by two drawings. The text reads, "FREE PALESTINE!!; فلسطين; PLANT SEEDS". On the left of the text is a drawing of the Palestinian flag, on the right is a drawing of a slice of watermelon, and on the bottom is Palestine written in … continued below

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Allen, Jupiter October 8, 2024.

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Photograph from October, 8th, 2024, of chalk drawings from UNT students around the Administration and library-mall area. On that Tuesday, Pro-Palestinian organizations held a campus walkout, protesting for the Israel-Hamas conflict anniversary. Some of these chalk drawings were faded by the sprinkler system. Photograph of text written, in English and Arabic, in pink sidewalk chalk and accompanied by two drawings. The text reads, "FREE PALESTINE!!; فلسطين; PLANT SEEDS". On the left of the text is a drawing of the Palestinian flag, on the right is a drawing of a slice of watermelon, and on the bottom is Palestine written in Arabic with a drawing of the Palestinian flag.

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Pro-Palestinian chalk drawings on the University of North Texas Campus, during an organized protest by the Free Palestine Denton and the university’s chapters of Palestine Solidarity Committee and Young Democratic Socialists of America. Local and student groups in support of Palestine held a walkout on the Library Mall Oct.7.

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Allen, Jupiter. ["Free Palestine; Plant Seeds" Protest Chalk Drawing], photograph, October 8, 2024; (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2377387/: accessed April 10, 2026), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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