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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…
General Assembly of Pennsylvania House Bill
This February 1961 Pennsylvania House Bill outlines unfair admissions practices for educational institutions, calling for an end in such discriminatory criteria and treatment.
University Position on Discrimination in Fraternities
In this official university correspondence from October 1968, John P. Dunlop (1929-2013) (Dean of Men at Bucknell from 1962-1968; Dean of Student Affairs from 1969-1988) reminds all of Bucknell University's position on discrimination in fraternities,…
Memorandum to President Watts re: Discrimination
In this official university correspondence, John P. Dunlop (1929-2013) (Dean of Men at Bucknell from 1962-1968; Dean of Student Affairs from 1969-1988) sends a memo to Bucknell President Charles Watts (1926-2001) (President from 1964-1976) concerning…
Resolution of Interfraternity Council on Discrimination
This official university resolution from April 1954 asserts the goals of fraternities and sororities as fostering “understanding between men and nations” and therefore finds restrictive, discriminatory clauses in their charters to be antithetical…
Student-Faculty Committee on Discrimination to Kappa Sigma
This official university correspondence from March 1955 contains the Student-Faculty-Administration Committee on Discrimination's letter to Kappa Sigma fraternity, asking the delegates of their chapter to join forces with the chapters in the national…
"Discrimination?"
“Why the lack of black students at Bucknell?” asks a current student in this February 1961 issue of the Bucknellian. The student speaks for others on campus concerned that admissions has actually regressed in its acceptance of black applicants.…
"Civil Rights Commission Reveals Voting Abuses"
This October 1959 Bucknellian article discusses the pressures used to restrict the vote of African Americans in the South, such as poll taxes, requirements of "good characters," extensive registration processes, etc. Sharing this information sets the…
"Walter, Eastland, and Arens Linked with Racial Group"
The author of this March 1960 Bucknellian article reveals the racism of Richard Arens (1919-2000), staff director of the Un-American Activities, who also serves as a privately paid consultant to a multi-millionaire interested in proving the genetic…
"Negro Discrimination--Problem in the North"
The author of this Bucknellian article from February 1960 discusses types of discrimination found in the north, which are often subconscious because "what we think and what we do are diametrically opposed to each other." Whereas southern…
"Fraternity Men View Segregation"
This article from a December 1958 issue of the Bucknellian provides a look at segregation in fraternities in campuses across the country and what is being done about it. The author calls for action like that being carried out at the University of…