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Rollins College | Text
Letter from Clarence W. King to W. H. McCaully and Carl D. Buchanan, 1951
A letter to the mayor and the Chief of Police from the Race Relations Committee Faculty Advisor, communicating the group's efforts to solicit donations from a few Winter Park residents. The letter indicates that the group needed permission to raise funds for DePugh Nursing Home, a nursing home for African American residents.Learn more -
Rollins College | Text
Letter from Hamilton Holt to Philip R. Kelly, 1949
President Hamilton Holt writes to alumnus Dick Kelly about public support for awarding an honorary degree to civil rights leader and educator Mary McLeod Bethune.Learn more -
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Mary McLeod Bethune Receives an Honorary Degree from Rollins, 1949
Hamilton Holt awarding Mary McLeod Bethune, President Emerita of Bethune-Cookman College, with an honorary degree of Doctor of Humanities.This is the first honorary degree given to an African American by an institution of higher education in the South.Learn more -
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Memo from Hamilton Holt to Royal France, 1946
In a memo to Prof. Royal France, President Holt and Treasurer E. T. Brown recommend that no African Americans should be permitted to use the Harper-Shepherd Field while it is not being used by Rollins College. The message shows that the college is trying to determine its position on involvement with local African Americans and their ability to be on Rollins- owned grounds.Learn more -
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Memorandum from Hamilton Holt to Dean Wendell Stone, 1949
Hamilton Holt expresses concern that the announcement of Mary McLeod Bethune's honorary degree would cause protesting and interference from the KKK. His fears proved to be unfounded, but facing violence was a real possibility.Learn more -
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Mission Statement of the Inter-Faith and Race Relations Committee
A mission statement provided by the Rollins College Interfaith and Race Relations Committee regarding improving relations between various racial and religious groups. The statement uses idealistic and vague language along with war imagery to convey their dedication to the ideals of peace and prosperity of all groups.Learn more -
Furman University | Text
Mystical Bridge is Practical Divorcee
An article appearing in Furman's student newspaper, The Paladin, dated November 16, 1963. The author takes a satirical approach in describing a meeting of the South Carolina Baptist Convention and its reaction to the Furman Trustees' resolution authorizing Furman to admit all qualified applicants regardless of race or color.Learn more -
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Performer at 1981 Black Ball
A photograph of the main performer for the 1981 Black Ball at Washington and Lee University taken from the back of the stage.Learn more -
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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 -
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Race Relations Committee, 1950-1951
A yearbook photo from Rollins College Tomokan showing the Race Relations Committee members in 1950-1951.Learn more -
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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 -
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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 -
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State BSU Covention Meets in Greenville: Delegates Pass Resolution on Integration
An article appearing in Furman's student newspaper, The Paladin, dated November 11, 1961. The article details a resolution, introduced, and approved at the Annual South Carolina Baptist Student Union Convention, suggesting that the Trustees of the institutions of the South Carolina Baptist Convention 'give careful study to this responsibilty to open the door' to qualified students regardless of race.Learn more -
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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 -
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The French Club
Photograph from the 1966 Bonhomie (Furman Yearbook) of the French Club, 'Le Salon Francias.' This society was composed of students recommended by their professors for their superior work in the intermediate or advanced levels of French. Joseph Vaughn, the university's first African American student, is seen standing at far left in photo.Learn more -
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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