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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…
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…
James Farmer
Several articles from the Bucknellian in 1965 both announce and recount civil rights leader James Farmer's speech at Bucknell. A picture of him is also included. Farmer (1920-1999) was the National Director of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)…
NAACP Confers to Fight Discrimination, Prejudice
This Bucknellian article from 1949 or 1950 states that the PA State Conference of NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) Youth Councils and College Chapters will be held at Bucknell. The conference seeks to create a youth…
Howard U. Exchange Student Received Unfriendly Reception
As of 1964, when this Bucknellian article is published, Barbara Beach is the first student to take advantage of the Bucknell-Howard Exchange program since Martha F. Brooks came from Howard to Bucknell in 1959. Howard University is a historically…
Bucknell Professor speaks out against segregation at the University
These three files from a 1964 Bucknellian demonstrate different aspects of the social justice advice provided by Bucknell Philosophy professor F. David Martin (1920-2014). Mainly, he reflects on the fact that fraternities and sororities drive the…
Sophomore Comments on Virginia Trip
This Bucknellian article from April 1964 shares the experiences of twelve Bucknell Students who visited Virginia Union University. VUU is a historically black educational institution that was founded in 1865 in Richmond, VA.; Bucknell worked with VUU…
Fund Seeks Money to Help Integration
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…
Students Register Voters in Virginia
These articles from the Bucknellian and the Sunbury Daily Item from April 1965 praise campus activism. The activism in question is that, for the second year in a row, 13 Bucknell students spent their spring breaks registering voters with the YWCA.…
Friends Society Sponsors Freedom Riders Lecture
This Bucknellian article from October 1961 announces the visit of two Freedom Riders (who spent 40 days in jail for challenging segregation norms in the south) and the Washington president of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). These three…
Students Attend Ecumenical Gathering, Discuss Civil Rights, Church Unity
This article from the Bucknellian in 1963 shares the experiences of thirteen Bucknell students who went to the Ecumenical Student Conference in Athens, Ohio. They attended the conference over winter break to discuss the church’s responsibility in…