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Filters: College integration, Thomas, June Manning, School integration, Thomas, Anita Louise, 1949-, Bethune-Cookman College (Daytona Beach, Fla.), Ingersoll, Raymond P., 1871-1949 Clear filters
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Rollins College | Text
Race Relations Day, 1945
A Rollins Sandspur article describing the first Race Relations Sunday, which brought together white and African American residents to celebrate Race Relations Day with music, film, and speeches. Rollins' hosting of this event on campus with support from Winter Park and the Hungerford School shows local and collegiate interest in supporting African Americans.Learn 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 -
Rollins College | Image
Rollins Players, 1970-1971
Anita Thomas pictured with the Rollins Players, circa 1971. She was the only African American student featured in the performing group that year. Circa 1970-1971Learn more -
W & L University | Text
Series of Letters from Deans of Southern Law Schools
In this series of letters, Washington and Lee Trustees and President Gaines correspond with Deans of other Southern Law Schools. Their goal is to align a group of schools to protest the Association of American Law Schools' policy on desegregation of admissions.Learn more