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Rollins College | Image
1967-1968 Rollins College Soccer Team Picture
The 1967 team poses for a picture for the yearbook. Sophomore Bernard “Bernie” Myers was a member of Rollins’ first integrated class in 1966.Learn more -
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 -
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 -
Furman University | Text
Fight Goes On, But Candidly, Is Finished
Column, entitled 'Candidly,' written by student, Chuck Graham '62, appearing in Furman's student newspaper, The Paladin, dated May 19, 1962. Graham is ending his column as he is graduating soon, but writes that the struggle for power over Furman, which 'straddles the two worlds of a narrow, denominational school and a leading educational institution,' will continue to be fought.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 -
Rollins College | Text
Roxwell Robinson and Paula Backscheider Correspondence, 1974
Black Student Union President Roxwell Robinson requested suggestions from Rollins College department heads about the next Black Awareness Week program, based on the theme of Black Arts. He received suggestions from a professor and her Black literature class. The correspondence demonstrates the BSU’s cooperative relationship with Rollins faculty.Learn more -
Furman University | Text
Student Unrest and the College Campus
An article written by Furman president, Gordon Blackwell, published in Furman Magazine, v. 14 (no. 3), Winter 1966. President Blackwell writes about the history of social change on college campuses thoughout the generations, as well as the current state of student unrest and social revolution at Furman in the 1960's.Learn more