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Centre College | Text
Race policies questionnaire (St. Catherine Junior College)
Letter from Centre College President Walter A. Groves, dated October 18, 1954, to St. Catherine Junior College President Mother Margaret Elizabeth inquiring as to St. Catherine's policies on admitting students of color, and St. Catherine's responseLearn more -
Rollins College | Image
Race Relations Committee, 1950-1951
A yearbook photo from Rollins College Tomokan showing the Race Relations Committee members in 1950-1951.Learn more -
Centre College | Text
Robert E. Harding, Jr. application request letter
Letter from Mr. Robert E. Harding, Jr., a student at Kentucky State University in Frankfort, KY, dated April 17, 1950, to the Centre College Registrar, requesting application materials for the summer sessionLearn more -
Centre College | Text
Robert E. Harding, Jr. rejection letter
Letter from Centre College President Walter A. Groves to Mr. Robert E. Harding, dated April 26, 1950, in which Groves rejects Harding's request for application materials for the summer session based upon the fact that Mr. Harding was a student at Kentucky State College, an all-black college in Frankfort, KY, and therefore assumed to be a person of color and thus not eligible for admissionLearn more -
Rollins College | Image
Rollins College Varsity Basketball Team Picture (1968-1969)
The Rollins College basketball team poses for a team picture in the gym. Captain Lawrence Martinez appears in the first row on the far left.Learn more -
Furman University | Text
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 -
Furman University | Image
Sarah Reese yearbook photo
Freshman Class portrait from the 1968 Bonhomie (Furman Yearbook) of Sarah Reese '71. Reese enrolled at Furman in 1967 as one of the university's first African American women.Learn more -
W & L University | Text
Series of Letters from Deans of Southern Law Schools
In this series of letters, Washington and Lee Trustees and President Gaines correspond with Deans of other Southern Law Schools. Their goal is to align a group of schools to protest the Association of American Law Schools' policy on desegregation of admissions.Learn more -
Furman University | Text
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 -
Furman University | Text
Statement on Integration
A statement from the faculty of Furman University in support of integration, presented to the university's Board of Trustees on October 8, 1963.Learn more -
Furman University | Text
Student Opinion Mixed on Integration: Faculty Votes Indicate Heavy Support of Issue
An article appearing in Furman's student newspaper, The Paladin, dated December 15, 1961. The article includes the results of a recent opinion poll given to the students and faculty seeking their thoughts on the idea of admitting into Furman 'all properly qualified applicants regardless of race or color.'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 -
Furman University | Text
Students Accept Trustee Admission Policy 4 to 1
An article appearing in Furman's student newspaper, The Paladin, dated November 9, 1963, showing the results of a poll given to Furman students, seeking their opinions on the Furman Trustees' resolution authorizing Furman to admit all qualified applicants regardless of race or color.Learn more -
Furman University | Text
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 -
W & L University | Text
Telegram from Lyndon B. Johnson to Fred C. Cole, June 2, 1964
In this telegram from President Lyndon B. Johnson to Fred C. Cole, Johnson asks Cole to be a part of the Citizens Committee for Community Relations and Cole replies affirmatively. This committee was formed out of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.Learn more -
Furman University | Magazines (periodicals)
The Echo, Spring 1955
In May of 1955, some Furman faculty and administrators confiscated and destroyed all 1,500 copies of this issue of The Echo, Furman's student literary magazine. Unbeknownst at the time, a few survived including this copy. University administration feared criticism and felt like destroying the issues was 'in the best interest' of the university. Within this issue Furman students had published an article supporting desegregation, an article scolding the Baptists, and a story about religious hypocrisy.Learn more -
Furman University | Image
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 -
Furman University | Text
University Trustees Vote to Consider All Qualified Applicants
An article published in Furman Magazine, v. 12 (no. 3), Autumn 1963 about the semi-annual Furman Board of Trustees meeting, held october 8th, 1963, where the Board approved a resolution that Furman University consider applications for admission from all qualified applicants.Learn more -
Furman University | Text
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