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W & L University | Text
FCC [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 -
W & L University | Text
Letter 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 -
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Letter from Roscoe B. Stephenson to Francis P. Gaines questioning John Chavis's connection to Washington and Lee (June 23, 1954)
In this letter from Roscoe B. Stephenson to Washington and Lee President Francis P. Gaines, Stephenson asks Gaines to ascertain whether John Chavis was ever connected to Washington and Lee. Gaines's response is included.Learn more