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Centre College | Item
Centre College Pathways to Diversity Bibliography
In 2019, the Centre College Archives surveyed its collection for primary materials related to desegregation and/or racial issues on Centre's Campus. The bibliography was last updated in February 2023. Not all items have been digitized, but if you would like to access any of these materials, please contact the Centre College Special Collections and Archives, libraryarchives@centre.eduLearn 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 -
Centre College | Text
Commission on Black Experience
The completed report from the Commission on the Black Experience at Centre College offers recommendations to improve the Centre experience for black studentsLearn more -
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Community Based Anthropology Syllabus
Syllabus from Anthropology 315: Community Based Anthropology, Fall 2018, Centre College.Learn more -
W & L University | Text
Copy of Letter from Homer A. Holt to T. Justin Moore (November 8, 1955)
This copy of a letter from trustee Homer A. Holt to T. Justin Moore was sent to Washington and Lee President Francis P. Gaines. In the letter, Holt explains that Gaines is getting in contact with other southern schools to battle the admissions policy of the Association of American Law Schools. Acknowledgement from Gaines' secretary is included.Learn more -
Centre College | Text
Dr. Mount is Chairman; Black‐White Coalition Meets, Takes Action
Report on a meeting of the Black‐White Coalition. Topics of discussion: Report from the Commission on the Black Experience; working towards the improvement of the experience of black students on campus; campus fraternities and racism.Learn more -
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Dublin Core Metadata
The metadata standards used to standardize format across institutions.Learn more -
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Engaging History Majors in Intensive Archival Research
This case study focuses on a collaboration between Digital Archivist Rachel Walton and History Professor Claire Strom, which began in the context of a 2018–2020 Associated Colleges of the South. (ACS) Grant called “Pathways to Diversity.” The grant was a multi-institution effort dedicated to uncovering and illuminating the history of integration at southern liberal arts colleges like Rollins.Learn 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 -
W & L University | Text
Final Report for 1954 (Association of American Law Schools Special Committee on Racial Discrimination)
In this report, the Special Committee on Racial Discrimination of the Association of American Law Schools outlines its policy on racially discriminatory admissions and describes the ways in which it encourages member schools to abide by its guidelines. The Washington and Lee University School of Law is a part of the Association of American Law schools, and at the time of this report did not comply with the policy on racial discriminations.Learn more -
W & L University | Text
Forwarded Correspondence from Fred C. Cole to J. Morrison Hutcheson (August 1964)
This correspondence documents President Fred C. Cole asking members of the Board of Trustees to approve a reply to a letter.Learn more -
W & L University | Text
Forwarded Correspondence from Homer A. Holt to Fred C. Cole
Trustee Homer A. Holt forwarded correspondence from Hutcheson and Morrison on the topic of integration to President Fred C. Cole.Learn more -
Rollins College | Text
From Sun to Sun Program, 1933
From Sun to Sun, a program of African American folklore, music, and dance, was the first of two productions by Zora Neale Hurston to be performed on the Rollins campus during the 1930s.Learn more -
W & L University | Text
Headline for Admissions Story: "The Matter of Admissions....."
This draft of an article for the Alumni Magazine explains the Board of Trustees' movement towards integration. This draft differs from (and is more revealing than) the version published in the Fall 1964 edition of the Alumni Magazine.Learn more -
W & L University | Text
Headline for Admissions Story: "The Matter of Admissions....." (Draft)
In this draft for an article for The Alumni Magazine, Frank Parsons provides a complete account of the discussions which led up to the Board of Trustees' Reaffirmation of Faculty Authority over Admissions Standards. This reaffirmation essentially desegregated Washington and Lee.Learn more -
Rollins College | Text
Helping to Bridge the Gap
This article, written by Mary McLeod Bethune, discusses her friendship with President Hamilton Holt. It outlines the path of acceptance of African Americans at Rollins College, and her hope for further acceptance and integration in the future. Circa 1955-1956Learn more -
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HIS365.1: Introduction to Public History
Syllabus for the Introduction to Public History class offered at Rollins College in the Spring 2019 semester.Learn more -
W & L University | Text
In Lee's Spirit
This editorial in the November 11th, 1964 Washington Post describes Washington and Lee's desegregation as being something Lee would have wanted, providing a look at the rhetoric of the time.Learn more -
Furman University | Text
Initial Bibliography of Integration Materials Held by Furman University
Bibliography created in the initial search for materials related to integration located in the Furman University ArchivesLearn more -
Rollins College | Text
Initial Bibliography of Integration Materials Held by Rollins College
Bibliography created in the initial search for materials related to integration located in the Rollins College Archives.Learn more -
W & L University | Text
Initial Bibliography of Integration Materials Held by Washington and Lee University
Bibliography created in the initial search for materials related to integration located in the Washington and Lee Archives and Special Collections.Learn more -
Rollins College | Text
Interracial Committee Meeting Notes, 1945
An overview of completed and planned tasks for the Race Relations Committee in November 1945. The activities show the interaction between the group and local African American community to volunteer, donate, and share ideas.Learn more -
Centre College | Text
It Was a Close ‘Shave’ Ollie, but You’ve ‘Clipped’ the Barbershop’s Wings, Congratulations!; Discrimination Ordered Ended
Editorial cartoon celebrating the East District Federal Court order invalidating a section of Kentucky law that allowed Danville barbershops to discriminate against African American customersLearn more -
Centre College | Text
Judge Mac Swinford Rules in Favor of Summary Judgement
Explains the next steps in the lawsuit filed against the barbers in Danville that refused to cut black hair. The article emphasizes how students were determined to find a solution to put an end to segregation, even if the case was not ruled in their favorLearn more -
Centre College | Text
Judge Swinford issues order enjoining Danville barbers to stop discriminating
The article explains how the judge ordered the barbers to integrate. Centre’s Dean expressed his excitement. There appears to be a positive reaction from faculty and staff members which may represent the attitudes of the leadership at this time.Learn more