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Rollins College | TextAll De Live Long Day Program, 1934
All De Live Long Day, a program of African American folklore, music, and dance, was the second of two productions by Zora Neale Hurston to be performed on the Rollins campus during the 1930s.Learn more -
Rollins College | ImageBlack Student Union, 1972-1973
Twenty Black Student Union members pose for their student organization’s yearbook photograph. This is the first Black Student Union photograph included in the Tomokan yearbook. Back row: Krisita Jackson, Theda James, Deborah Coleman, Brenda Martin, Reggie Brock, Blanche Jackson, Lonnie Butler, Otis Cameron, Rodney Dowling. Middle row: Lorraine Powell, Marcus Wilson, Grace Borom, Juanita Gibson, Jennifer Matthews, Roxwell Robinson, Arlinda Staley. Front row: Guilda Brandon, Theotis Bronson, Constance Blackman, Errol Cunningham.Learn more -
W & L University | TextFCC [Faculty Committee on Christian Work] Report to Faculty Meeting, November 6, 1961 (report)
This report from the Faculty Committee on Christian Work outlines the Board of Trustees' decision to bar the University Committee on Christian Work from inviting Martin Luther King, Jr. to speak at the 1961-1962 Seminars in Religion.Learn more -
Furman University | TextFight Goes On, But Candidly, Is Finished
Column, entitled 'Candidly,' written by student, Chuck Graham '62, appearing in Furman's student newspaper, The Paladin, dated May 19, 1962. Graham is ending his column as he is graduating soon, but writes that the struggle for power over Furman, which 'straddles the two worlds of a narrow, denominational school and a leading educational institution,' will continue to be fought.Learn more -
Furman University | ImageFurman Concert Choir
The 1969-1970 Furman University Concert Choir. A member of the choir, Sarah Reese '71, can be seen at the far right in photo, third row. Reese enrolled at Furman in 1967 as one of the university's first African American women. Sarah Reese would later become a world-famous opera singer.Learn more -
Furman University | ImageFurman Concert Choir
The 1970-1971 Furman University Concert Choir. Members of the choir include: Sarah Reese '71, in the third row, far right, and Ronald (Rawn) Harbor '71, in the fourth row, far left. Reese and Harbor were some of Furman's first African American students.Learn more -
W & L University | TextLetter from Mrs. E.M. Owen to the Board of Trustees (November 30, 1961)
In this handwritten letter, a Mrs. E. M. Owen writes the Board of Trustees expressing her disdain at the possibility of Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking at Washington and Lee. She also urges the Trustees to examine the faculty and weed out the communists.Learn more -
Rollins College | ImageRecreation Hall, 1936
Exterior of the Recreation Hall, where Zora Neale Hurston produced her play, "From Sun to Sun" in 1933.Learn more -
Furman University | ImageSarah Reese performing
Sarah Reese, in her Junior year at Furman, singing from the musical 'Porgy and Bess' as entertainment for the annual Knight's Night, during Homecoming week festivities. Reese enrolled at Furman in 1967 as one of the university's first African American women. Sarah Reese would later become a world-famous opera singer.Learn more -
Furman University | ImageSarah Reese yearbook photo
Freshman Class portrait from the 1968 Bonhomie (Furman Yearbook) of Sarah Reese '71. Reese enrolled at Furman in 1967 as one of the university's first African American women.Learn more -
Furman University | ImageSarah Reese yearbook photo
Junior Class portrait from the 1970 Bonhomie (Furman Yearbook) of Sarah Reese '71. Reese enrolled at Furman in 1967 as one of the university's first African American women.Learn more -
Furman University | ImageSarah Reese yearbook photo
Portrait of Sarah Reese '71 from the 'Who's Who' section of the 1971 Bonhomie (Furman Yearbook). Reese enrolled at Furman in 1967 as one of the university's first African American women.Learn more -
Furman University | TextStudent Unrest and the College Campus
An article written by Furman president, Gordon Blackwell, published in Furman Magazine, v. 14 (no. 3), Winter 1966. President Blackwell writes about the history of social change on college campuses thoughout the generations, as well as the current state of student unrest and social revolution at Furman in the 1960's.Learn more
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