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Centre College | Text
Race policies questionnaire (Georgetown College)
Letter from Centre College President Walter A. Groves, dated October 18, 1954, to Georgetown College President H. Leo Eddleman inquiring as to Georgetown's policies on admitting students of color, and Georgetown's responseLearn more -
Centre College | Text
Race policies questionnaire (Kentucky Wesleyan College)
Letter from Centre College President Walter A. Groves, dated October 18, 1954, to Kentucky Wesleyan College President Oscar W. Lever inquiring as to Kentucky Wesleyan's policies on admitting students of color, and Kentucky Wesleyan's responseLearn more -
Centre College | Text
Race policies questionnaire (Nazareth College and Academy)
Letter from Centre College President Walter A. Groves, dated October 18, 1954, to Nazareth College and Academy President Sister Margaret Gertrude inquiring as to Nazareth's policies on admitting students of color, and Nazareth's responseLearn more -
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 -
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 | 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