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This February 1961 Pennsylvania House Bill outlines unfair admissions practices for educational institutions, calling for an end in such discriminatory criteria and treatment.

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This newspaper article from April 1960 advertises a Howard University Choir Concert. Howard is a historically black university in D.C. that was founded in 1867. The concert will take place at Bucknell in the Davis Gymnasium. The article provides info…

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This article in the Bucknellian from October 1960 shares that Princeton religion professor and department chairman Dr. R. Paul Ramsey (1913-1988) will visit Bucknell to discuss his recent book Christian Ethics and the Sit-In. This event is a…

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In this official university correspondence from October 1968, John P. Dunlop (1929-2013) (Dean of Men at Bucknell from 1962-1968; Dean of Student Affairs from 1969-1988) reminds all of Bucknell University's position on discrimination in fraternities,…

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In this November 1969 memo on forming a committee to make recommendations on a Black Studies Program, including the advisability of a Black Studies major, the president of Bucknell’s AAUP (American Association for University Professors) suggests…

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In this official correspondence from May of 1968, John F. Zeller (1919-2010) (‘41; Vice President of Bucknell from 1955-1984; Interim President of Bucknell in 1984) suggests to Charles Watts (1926-2001) (University President from 1964-1976) that…

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In this photo from a November 1965 Bucknell publication, James Farmer (1920-1999), the national director of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and original Freedom Rider, is surrounded by Bucknell students in Hunt Hall after an event earlier that…

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In this January 1965 of Bucknell Alumnus, a student named Morri Holcomb, ‘66, reflects on all the extra-curricular activities available for Bucknell students. She mentions the Committee on Equal Educational Opportunity, the Christian Association,…

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In this official university correspondence from January 1965, Bucknell student B. R. Willeford responds to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s (1929-1968) letter about civil rights opportunities Bucknell students could assist with, such as voter…
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