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According to this article in the Bucknellian from November 1953, the Bucknell NAACP chapter (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) plans to make a film and radio broadcast about the Migrant Labor Reform Campaign in Pennsylvania…

This official university correspondence from May 1964 describes the Betty Ann Quinn Fund Committee. This committee was created to reinvigorate the Betty Ann Quinn Scholarship, which was established to raise funds for scholarships for black students.…

This local news article from the 1960s applauds local schools, Bucknell and Susquehanna Universities, for making their campuses open to black applicants. The author makes it clear that Bucknell’s tactic is to offer funding for such prospective…

This official university correspondence from April 1960 documents the response from Dean John C. Hayward () to an alumnus who had expressed concern at a cross-burning incident that took place at outside a Bucknell fraternity. He condemns the incident…

This Bucknellian article from 1947 details the program of Howard University choir's performance the next day. Howard University is D.C.’s historically black college, and it was founded in 1867. This is the choir’s first performance at Bucknell,…

This article from a 1963 issue of the Bucknellian announces the Betty Ann Quinn Scholarship Fund Committee’s desire to raise $5,000 in order to provide as many scholarships as possible to black students applying for financial aid to Bucknell. This…

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…