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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…
"Three Negro Students to Graduate In June; All Active On Campus"
This Bucknellian article from May 1949 announces the upcoming graduation of three black students, all of whom left positive marks on campus. The author lauds Jeanette Bowling (1927-2014) in particular as a legacy whose father, ‘29, and uncle,…
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…
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…
Howard Students Visit Campus
In 1958, Bucknell's Christian Association's newsletter The Challenge published an account of the Howard students visit to Bucknell. This was the second annual exchange weekend. 13 Bucknell students had visited Howard University in March, and 14…
Statement on Discrimination
Bucknell's June 1961 statement on discrimination remarks that no discrimination based on religion, sex, gender, race, or national origin at Bucknell will be tolerated. It declares that Bucknell's doors "have been open and shall remain open to…
Fund to Pave Way to College for more Eligible Negroes
This press release from June 1964 states that a grant given to the National Scholarship Service and Fund for Negro Students by the Old Dominion Foundation will be used to recruit young black students in underprivileged communities, to motivate them…
Virginia Union Students
A Bucknell University program from 1965 tells the schedule for the Virginia Union University students while at Bucknell. In addition, an article from the Sunbury Daily Item in the same year details the intercultural exchange (in the interests of…
Correspondence re: African Student
In this official university correspondence from April 1957, Forrest D. Brown, Foreign Student Advisor at Bucknell and secretary/advisor to the University’s Christian Association from 1936-1966, posts advertisements to different educational bureaus.…
Equal Opportunities Committee’s Statement of Purpose
In this official university correspondence from September 1965, Bucknell forms an Equal Opportunities Committee composed of students and faculty who seek to demonstrate to the Bucknell community the discrimination and disadvantages facing members of…