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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…
Increasing Enrollment of Black Students
This February 1964 letter from the National Scholarship Service and Fund for Negro Students informs Reid Reynolds that they have not referred many black students to Bucknell because black students claim Bucknell's social climate creates an unhappy…
"Discrimination Bugaboo at BU"
This article published by the Union County Journal in March of 1961 provides a timeline of events at Bucknell following the original Bucknellian editorial that criticized the university for discrimination. After the original editorial was published…
Scholarship Fund Committee Formed
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.…
Memorandum re: Discrimination
This official university correspondence from September 1968 shares how Bucknell President Charles Watts (1926-2001) (President from 1964-1976) informs Dean John P. Dunlop (1929-2013) (Dean of Men at Bucknell from 1962-1968; Dean of Student Affairs…
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…
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,…
Hammermill Paper Company Response
In this official university correspondence from March 29, 1965, Hammermill Paper Company writes in response to John F. Zeller (1919-2010) (‘41; Vice President of Bucknell from 1955-1984; Interim President of Bucknell in 1984) in gratitude for…
Student-Faculty-Administration Committee on Discrimination
This official university correspondence from May 1956 contains a letter from Student-Faculty-Administration Committee on Discrimination that urges all campus organizations to move towards the elimination of discrimination and offers their committee's…
Letter to Hammermill Paper Company President
In this official university correspondence from March 26, 1965, John F. Zeller (1919-2010) (‘41; Vice President of Bucknell from 1955-1984; Interim President of Bucknell in 1984) writes to Hammermill to alert their President about Bucknell’s…
Statement on Discrimination in Fraternities and Sororities
In this official university correspondence from 1965, Bucknell administration issues a statement to fraternities that declares them unable to sanction any discriminatory practice and insists that any organization practicing discrimination must…