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The 1967 team poses for a picture for the yearbook. Sophomore Bernard “Bernie” Myers was a member of Rollins’ first integrated class in 1966.

Members of Delta Chi held a "funeral" for their fraternity, which became The Guild that year. An African American member, Bernard Myers, can be seen holding his fist in the air and wearing a black glove, signifying the Black Power movement. Circa 1969-1970

The outside of Knowles Memorial Chapel, three years after it had been dedicated in 1932 as a desegregated building.

This memo from Alzo J. Reddick (the faculty sponsor of the Black Student Union and Assistant Dean of Student Affairs) thanks President Jack Critchfield for his support and refers to letters from community members in support of Black Awareness Week. Dean Reddick also suggests that Black Awareness Week was a mixed success, but expresses an overall positive opinion about the event.

Exterior of the Recreation Hall, where Zora Neale Hurston produced her play, "From Sun to Sun" in 1933.

Black Student Union President Roxwell Robinson writes to President Jack Critchfield, requesting that the College offer at least three Black Culture courses per academic year, even in the face of financial difficulty. President Critchfield responds that he cannot make a guarantee, but that he and the administration intend to preserve Black Culture courses in the curriculum.