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Jackie Robinson (legendary black second baseman) visits Bucknell
These photographs and Student Church pamphlets from February 1949 advertise the presence of a legend on campus. As the first African American to play…
Equal Opportunities Committee’s Statement of Purpose
In this official university correspondence from September 1965, Bucknell forms an Equal Opportunities Committee composed of students and faculty who seek to demonstrate to the Bucknell community the discrimination and disadvantages facing members of…
Hampton Student Exchange
In this November 1951 issue of the Bucknellian, two Bucknell students report on their experiences at Hampton College, where they are spending a semester as a result of an exchange program. Hampton College is a historically black college that was…
Jackie Robinson (legendary black second baseman) visits Bucknell
These photographs and Student Church pamphlets from February 1949 advertise the presence of a legend on campus. As the first African American to play a major league sport, Jackie Robinson’s (1919-1972) visit to Bucknell caused a splash not just in…
Founder of Phillis Wheatley Association at Bucknell
This flyer from March 1948 advertises the upcoming lecture by Jane E. Hunter (1882-1971), founder and director of the Phillis Wheatley Association (for black girls) in Cleveland. Ms. Hunter will come to Bucknell to lecture a class and to lead the…
Bucknell-Howard Exchange
This collection of documents from February and March across several years reveals the beginning of Bucknell's exchange with the historically black Howard University founded in 1867 in D.C. During this exchange, they send students to Howard for a…
Conference on Racial Affairs
This item provides a schedule for the 1947 Princeton conference on racial affairs and a summary of the panel discussions attended by Bucknell student Norman Franks. The final article appeared in The Challenge summarizing the conference.
NAACP Newsletter
Volume I of this NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) newsletter from 1947-48 details the Howard University Choir performance at Bucknell, a national convention in Washington D.C., the Betty Ann Quinn Scholarship Fund…
Human Relations Conference at Bucknell
This conference program from May 1954 thematizes human relations through BU’s NAACP chapter (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People). The Human Relations Conference will be held in Hunt Hall to discuss racial and religious…
Correspondence re: African Student
In this official university correspondence from April 1957, Forrest D. Brown, Foreign Student Advisor at Bucknell and secretary/advisor to the University’s Christian Association from 1936-1966, posts advertisements to different educational bureaus.…
Bucknell-Howard Exchange
Two items are involved in this entry. First is a March 1963 essay written by a Bucknell student from regarding six Bucknell students who spent their spring break at the historically black Howard University that was founded in 1867 in D.C.. The essay…