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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…
"Susquehanna Valley Group Plans Brotherhood Week"
This Bucknellian article from February 1951 shares information about the upcoming Brotherhood Week at Bucknell. Sponsored by the National Conference of Christians and Jews, Brotherhood Week seeks to promote understanding and cooperation among those…
“Robinson, Negro Second Baseman, Guest at Student Church Service”
This Bucknellian article from February 1949 details famous athlete Jackie Robinson's (1919-1972) upcoming visit to campus where he would be speak at student chapel and attend a reception. This article also gives background on Robinson’s life and…
To Students & faculty interested in Civil Rights
This memo is another official university correspondence from March 1965 that describes an opportunity during spring break where students can assist with a voter education and registration project in either Petersburg or Lynchburg, Virginia, sponsored…
Civil Rights Issue Stirs Interest
This item contains two articles from the Bucknellian from 1965 or 1966. One article describes the incredible, resonant experience of three Bucknell students who marched in the Montgomery, Alabama Civil rights demonstrations. The other article…
Barbara Beach on Howard Exchange
These three files from 1964 issues of The Challenge, The Bucknell Alumnus, and the Bucknellian, respectively, describe, in her own words, Barbara Beach’s very positive, semester-long experience at Howard University as an exchange student. Howard is…
Howard Exchange
This article in the April 1963 Challenge, Bucknell's Christian Association's Newsletter, details six Bucknellians' trip to Howard University over Spring Break. Students from Howard University, the historically black college founded in 1867 in D.C.,…
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.…
Seven Major Organizations in Civil Rights Movement
This 1963 newsletter from the National Student Councils of YMCAs and YWCAs (Young Men’s/Women’s Christian Association) provides information on the seven major organizations of the civil rights movement. The seven groups are the NAACP (National…
What is Bucknell's Role in the Civil Rights Issue?
This pamphlet from the 1960s shares that the topic of the next Student-Faculty Fireside (a student and faculty discussion series) will be civil rights. This document advertises the conversation, which will include Dr. Douglas Sturm of the Religion…
Christian Association Newsletter No.4
The Christian Association's newsletter The Challenge published an article in February 1964 about the civil rights movement and how it is finally underway at Bucknell. It discusses several programs the school has in place that further the movement…