The Free Renty coalition gathered 58,000 signatures and ten student groups

Evidence

With each argument, I felt a growing momentum. Meredith McKinney continued her advocacy on Renty and Delia’s behalf, and by the time she had submitted her brief, the Coalition to Free Renty had partnered with over ten recognized Harvard student associations and had collected nearly 58,000 signatures, “all calling for the surrender of the daguerreotypes and associated data to descendants as well as the surrender of Harvard’s claimed ownership over the Lanier family legacy.” — Tamara Lanier, From These Roots, 1245