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W & L University | Image
Performers at 1977 Black Ball
A photograph of the performers at the 1977 Black Ball in Evans Hall at Washington and Lee University. The band has a horn section, drummer, several guitarists, along wih the lead singer. The trumpet player and saxophone player are dancing.Learn more -
Centre College | Text
Race policies questionnaire (Bellarmine College)
Letter from Centre College President Walter A. Groves, dated October 18, 1954, to Bellarmine College President Alfred F. Horrigan inquiring as to Bellarmine's policies on admitting students of color, and Bellarmine's responseLearn more -
Centre College | Text
Race policies questionnaire (Berea)
Letter from Centre College President Walter A. Groves, dated October 18, 1954, to Berea College President Francis S. Hutchins inquiring as to Berea's policies on admitting students of color, and Berea's responseLearn more -
Centre College | Text
Race policies questionnaire (Brescia College)
Letter from Centre College President Walter A. Groves, dated October 18, 1954, to Brescia College President Mother Immaculata O'Reilly inquiring as to Brescia's policies on admitting students of color, and Brescia's responseLearn more -
Centre College | Text
Race policies questionnaire (Campbellsville College)
Letter from Centre College President Walter A. Groves, dated October 18, 1954, to Campbellsville President John M. Carter inquiring as to Campbellsville's policies on admitting students of color, and Campbellsville's responseLearn more -
Centre College | Text
Race policies questionnaire (Georgetown College)
Letter from Centre College President Walter A. Groves, dated October 18, 1954, to Georgetown College President H. Leo Eddleman inquiring as to Georgetown's policies on admitting students of color, and Georgetown's responseLearn more -
Centre College | Text
Race policies questionnaire (Kentucky Wesleyan College)
Letter from Centre College President Walter A. Groves, dated October 18, 1954, to Kentucky Wesleyan College President Oscar W. Lever inquiring as to Kentucky Wesleyan's policies on admitting students of color, and Kentucky Wesleyan's responseLearn more -
Centre College | Text
Race policies questionnaire (Nazareth College and Academy)
Letter from Centre College President Walter A. Groves, dated October 18, 1954, to Nazareth College and Academy President Sister Margaret Gertrude inquiring as to Nazareth's policies on admitting students of color, and Nazareth's responseLearn more -
Centre College | Text
Race policies questionnaire (St. Catherine Junior College)
Letter from Centre College President Walter A. Groves, dated October 18, 1954, to St. Catherine Junior College President Mother Margaret Elizabeth inquiring as to St. Catherine's policies on admitting students of color, and St. Catherine's responseLearn more -
Centre College | Text
Robert E. Harding, Jr. application request letter
Letter from Mr. Robert E. Harding, Jr., a student at Kentucky State University in Frankfort, KY, dated April 17, 1950, to the Centre College Registrar, requesting application materials for the summer sessionLearn more -
Centre College | Text
Robert E. Harding, Jr. rejection letter
Letter from Centre College President Walter A. Groves to Mr. Robert E. Harding, dated April 26, 1950, in which Groves rejects Harding's request for application materials for the summer session based upon the fact that Mr. Harding was a student at Kentucky State College, an all-black college in Frankfort, KY, and therefore assumed to be a person of color and thus not eligible for admissionLearn more -
Furman University | Text
S.C. Baptists Adopt Wait-and-See Policy, Asks Integration Delay General Board's Motion
An article appearing in Furman's student newspaper, The Paladin, dated November 16, 1963, detailing a meeting of the South Carolina Baptist Convention, and the Convention's approval of the General Board's request that the Furman University Trustees postpone action on the recently announced policy of admission of all qualified students until a feasible policy could be adopted for all South Carolina Baptist institutions.Learn more -
Furman University | Image
Sarah 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 | Text
Statement on Integration
A statement from the faculty of Furman University in support of integration, presented to the university's Board of Trustees on October 8, 1963.Learn more -
Furman University | Text
Support Our Trustees
An editorial appearing in Furman's student newspaper, The Paladin, dated October 26, 1963, written in support of the Furman Board of Trustees' recently approved resolution that Furman University consider applications for admission from all qualified applicants. The writer is in support of acting on the Trustee's resolution the next semester, and is against a resolution by the General Board of the South Carolina Baptist convention requesting a delay.Learn more -
Furman University | Text
University Trustees Vote to Consider All Qualified Applicants
An article published in Furman Magazine, v. 12 (no. 3), Autumn 1963 about the semi-annual Furman Board of Trustees meeting, held october 8th, 1963, where the Board approved a resolution that Furman University consider applications for admission from all qualified applicants.Learn more -
Furman University | Text
Wisdom Seen In Decision of Trustees
Editorial, reprinted from the Greenville News, published in Furman Magazine, v. 12 (no. 3), Autumn 1963. The author explains the wisdom in the Furman University Board of Trustees' adoption of a new policy allowing admission to all qualified students, regardless of race, and explains why it is wise for Southern Baptists, and other church-related colleges to support this decision.Learn more