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Rollins College | Text
Orange County Student Interracial Conference, 1945
Program for the second annual Orange County Student Interracial Conference, in which the question, "What rights, privileges and duties should the American Negro have in the years immediately following the war?" was posed. This conference was held on the Rollins campus in Knowles Memorial Chapel.Learn more -
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Pathways to Diversity Workbook for Archivists and Librarians
A workbook created to assist archivists and librarians plan and implement a digitization project. It is in a fillable PDF format.Learn more -
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Pathways to Diversity Workbook for Faculty and Instructors
A workbook created to assist faculty and instructors create materials for and use materials from the Pathways to Diversity collection. It is in a fillable PDF format.Learn more -
W & L University | Text
Personal and Confidential Letter from Francis P. Gaines to James R. Caskie and Homer A. Holt (Februrary 28, 1956)
In this letter, Washington and Lee President Francis P. Gaines writes to trustees James R. Caskie and Homer A. Holt about the possibility of black law students attending a convention at Washington and Lee. Caskie and Holt's responses are included.Learn more -
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Preparation materials for the Forum on the Sit-in of May 2018
Overview of a sharing forum will give student, faculty and staff participants the opportunity to take part in a focus group related to their personal experiences of the events surrounding the Old Centre sit-in of May 2018. Building Bridges day at Centre College is campus-wide event focused on creating intentional opportunities for all of us to better understand the variety of voices and perspectives at the College (Andrea Abrams).Learn more -
Centre College | Text
Race policies questionnaire (Bellarmine College)
Letter from Centre College President Walter A. Groves, dated October 18, 1954, to Bellarmine College President Alfred F. Horrigan inquiring as to Bellarmine's policies on admitting students of color, and Bellarmine's responseLearn more -
Centre College | Text
Race policies questionnaire (Berea)
Letter from Centre College President Walter A. Groves, dated October 18, 1954, to Berea College President Francis S. Hutchins inquiring as to Berea's policies on admitting students of color, and Berea's responseLearn more -
Centre College | Text
Race policies questionnaire (Brescia College)
Letter from Centre College President Walter A. Groves, dated October 18, 1954, to Brescia College President Mother Immaculata O'Reilly inquiring as to Brescia's policies on admitting students of color, and Brescia's responseLearn more -
Centre College | Text
Race policies questionnaire (Campbellsville College)
Letter from Centre College President Walter A. Groves, dated October 18, 1954, to Campbellsville President John M. Carter inquiring as to Campbellsville's policies on admitting students of color, and Campbellsville's responseLearn more -
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 | 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 -
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Researching American History Syllabus
Syllabus for History 204, Researching American History, Fall 2018, Rollins CollegeLearn 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 | Text
Roxwell Robinson and C. LaRue Boyd Correspondence, 1976
C. LaRue Boyd, Director of Public Relations, denies BSU President Roxwell Robinson's request to display the BSU flag in front of Carnegie Hall on a regular basis, but offers the possibility of displaying the BSU flag during Black Awareness Week and on other selected dates. This correspondence demonstrates the BSU’s cooperative relationship with Rollins faculty and staff.Learn more -
Rollins College | Text
Roxwell Robinson and Jack B. Critchfield Correspondence, 1974
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.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
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 -
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Sample Interviewee Oral History Agreement
Sample of the oral history agreement form used by Furman UniversityLearn 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