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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…
"Three Negro Students to Graduate In June; All Active On Campus"
This Bucknellian article from May 1949 announces the upcoming graduation of three black students, all of whom left positive marks on campus. The author lauds Jeanette Bowling (1927-2014) in particular as a legacy whose father, ‘29, and uncle,…
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.…