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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
American minorities faculty questionnaire (1)
Anonymous responses to a questionnaire distributed to Centre College faculty January 24, 1949, the stated purpose of which was "to try an determine how faculty members feel about the problem of American minorities."Learn more -
Centre College | Text
American minorities faculty questionnaire (10)
Anonymous responses to a questionnaire distributed to Centre College faculty January 24, 1949, the stated purpose of which was "to try an determine how faculty members feel about the problem of American minorities."Learn more -
Centre College | Text
American minorities faculty questionnaire (11)
Anonymous responses to a questionnaire distributed to Centre College faculty January 24, 1949, the stated purpose of which was "to try an determine how faculty members feel about the problem of American minorities."Learn more -
Centre College | Text
American minorities faculty questionnaire (12)
Anonymous responses to a questionnaire distributed to Centre College faculty January 24, 1949, the stated purpose of which was "to try an determine how faculty members feel about the problem of American minorities."Learn more -
Centre College | Text
American minorities faculty questionnaire (2)
Anonymous responses to a questionnaire distributed to Centre College faculty January 24, 1949, the stated purpose of which was "to try an determine how faculty members feel about the problem of American minorities."Learn more -
Centre College | Text
American minorities faculty questionnaire (3)
Anonymous responses to a questionnaire distributed to Centre College faculty January 24, 1949, the stated purpose of which was "to try an determine how faculty members feel about the problem of American minorities."Learn more -
Centre College | Text
American minorities faculty questionnaire (4)
Anonymous responses to a questionnaire distributed to Centre College faculty January 24, 1949, the stated purpose of which was "to try an determine how faculty members feel about the problem of American minorities."Learn more -
Centre College | Text
American minorities faculty questionnaire (5)
Anonymous responses to a questionnaire distributed to Centre College faculty January 24, 1949, the stated purpose of which was "to try an determine how faculty members feel about the problem of American minorities."Learn more -
Centre College | Text
American minorities faculty questionnaire (6)
Anonymous responses to a questionnaire distributed to Centre College faculty January 24, 1949, the stated purpose of which was "to try an determine how faculty members feel about the problem of American minorities."Learn more -
Centre College | Text
American minorities faculty questionnaire (7)
Anonymous responses to a questionnaire distributed to Centre College faculty January 24, 1949, the stated purpose of which was "to try an determine how faculty members feel about the problem of American minorities."Learn more -
Centre College | Text
American minorities faculty questionnaire (8)
Anonymous responses to a questionnaire distributed to Centre College faculty January 24, 1949, the stated purpose of which was "to try an determine how faculty members feel about the problem of American minorities."Learn more -
Centre College | Text
American minorities faculty questionnaire (9)
Anonymous responses to a questionnaire distributed to Centre College faculty January 24, 1949, the stated purpose of which was "to try an determine how faculty members feel about the problem of American minorities."Learn more -
Rollins College | Image
Black 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 -
Rollins College | Image
Black Student Union, 1974-1975
Thirteen members of the Black Student Union gather for their yearbook photo. They are seated on the steps of Bush Science Center. (First row, left to right): Douglas Pollard, Denise Brookins, Blondie Jones, Priscilla Lyons, Roxwell Robinson. (Second row, left to right): Vic Crumity, Errol Cunningham, Willie Flowers, Dick Twine, Roslyn Lawson, Luther Graham, Kimberly Broxton, Sharon Israel.Learn more -
Rollins College | Image
Black Student Union, 1975-1976
Fourteen Black Student Union members pose for their student organization’s yearbook photograph. (First row, left to right): Blondie Jones, Priscilla Lyons, Debbie Mitchell, Kim Broxton, Denise Brookins, Rosalyn Lawson. (Second row, left to right): Aaron Spencer, Roxwell Robinson, Tim Graddy, Dirk Twine, Willie Hicks, Victor Crumity, Doug Pollard, Luther Graham.Learn more -
Rollins College | Text
BSU Membership Invitation, 1974
This recruitment letter from Black Student Union President Roxwell Robinson invites African American students accepted by Rollins College Admissions to join him at Rollins and participate in BSU activities. It demonstrates the BSU’s cooperative relationship with Rollins' administration.Learn more -
Furman University | Image
Furman Chapter of the Southern Student Organizing Committee
Photograph of the Furman Chapter of the Southern Student Organizing Committee, an organization of students committed to peace, racial equity, and participatory democracy. From the 1968 Furman yearbook: 'SSOC is convinced that society is in need of radical reform on every level, including the university level. It is our purpose to work for these reforms, both through education and direct action. Ready to organize are the members of the Southern Student Organizing Committee.Learn more -
Furman University | Moving image
June Manning Thomas Oral History
Video interview with June Manning Thomas. Ms. Thomas enrolled at Furman in 1967 as one of the university's first African American women. She begins the interview speaking about her hometown, Orangeburg, South Carolina, during the 1960s, and being a part of the first group of African American students to attend racially integrated public schools there. As a high school student June attended a summer program at Furman, and she talks about the program and how it infuenced her decision to attend Furman. Ms.Learn more -
Centre College | Text
Letter from Conway Boatman to Walter A. Groves stating Union College's present policy on admitting persons of color
Letter from Conway Boatman to Walter A. Groves regarding Union College's policy on raceLearn more -
Centre College | Text
Letter from H. Leo Eddleman to Walter A. Groves stating Georgetown College's present policy on admitting persons of color
Letter from H. Leo Eddleman to Walter A. Groves regarding Georgetown College's policy on raceLearn more -
Centre College | Text
Letter from Walter A. Groves to the Centre College Board of Trustees, May 12, 1950
Letter from President Groves, dated May 12, 1950, to the B.O.T. in which Groves entreats the Board to "give very careful consideration to the course they deem best to follow in the question of whether or not the college should open its doors to Negro students." Groves references Senate Bill No. 100, states his own desire to integrate the College slowly, and references the American minorities faculty questionnaire distributed in January 1949, the results of which showed a majority of faculty respondents in favor of desegregationLearn more -
Centre College | Text
Letter from Z. T. Johnson to Walter A. Groves stating Asbury College's present policy on admitting persons of color
Letter from Z. T. Johnson to Walter A. Groves regarding Asbury College's policy on raceLearn more -
Centre College | Text
Martha D. Simpson application request letter
Letter from Ms. Martha D. Simpson of Danville, KY, dated July 17, 1954, to the Centre College Office of the Dean, requesting a college catalog and application for admissionLearn more -
Centre College | Text
Martha D. Simpson rejection letter
Letter from Centre College Dean Jameson M. Jones to Ms. Martha D. Simpson, dated July 21, 1954, in which he rejects her application for admission to Centre College based upon the fact that Ms. Simpson was a graduate of Bate High School, an all-black school in Danville, and therefore assumed to be a person of color and thus not eligible for admissionLearn more