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Rollins College | Text
All 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 -
Centre College | Text
Amidst the Trivia...Advisory Board Condems ‘White Sheets’ Dispute
Reporting on the Advisory Board meeting, during which was discussed, among other things (including the Yerkes lounge to be used by the BSU), the incident involving the Dekes wearing white sheets at the BSU basketball game, and ensuing confrontation between Dekes and members of the BSU at Cowan which resulted in a member of the Deke fraternity being injured after being struck by a glass by a member of the BSU.Learn more -
W & L University | Text
Black Students (brochure)
This recruitment brochure from SABU (The Student Association for Black Unity) and the Washington and Lee University Admissions Office outlines the opportunities for black students at Washington and Lee.Learn more -
Furman University | Text
Charter Change Ordered: Students Found Dazed
An article appearing in Furman's student newspaper, The Paladin, dated November 11, 1961, describing, in detail, a meeting of the South Carolina Baptist Convention where the members voted to amend the charter of Furman University to prohibit Greek letter social fraternities from the campus of Furman, as well as all of the Convention's educational institutions.Learn more -
Furman University | Image
Color Guard
1966 Color Guard. (Front Row) Joe Vaughn, Cavenaugh, Ethrige, Taylor. (Back Row, Left to Right) Banks, Funderburk, File.Learn more -
Furman University | Image
Color Guard
1966 Color Guard wearing their winter greens. Joe Vaughn is featured in the foregroundLearn more -
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 -
Rollins College | Image
Knowles Memorial Chapel, 1935
The outside of Knowles Memorial Chapel, three years after it had been dedicated in 1932 as a desegregated building.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 -
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 -
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Recreation Hall, 1936
Exterior of the Recreation Hall, where Zora Neale Hurston produced her play, "From Sun to Sun" in 1933.Learn more