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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…
"BU To Entertain Inter-Collegiate NAACP Discussion Group At Cowan"
This Bucknellian article from October 1948 shares that NAACP's first Inter-Collegiate conference will be held at Bucknell's Cowan House to hold discussions and plan regional coordination of the chapters. Seven colleges are set to attend, and Ruby…
Howard Choir Will Present Concert in Davis Gym Friday
This Bucknellian article from 1947 details the program of Howard University choir's performance the next day. Howard University is D.C.’s historically black college, and it was founded in 1867. This is the choir’s first performance at Bucknell,…
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.,…
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…
Attention to Civil Rights
The Christian Association newsletter The Challenge published this article in December 1963. It advertises a meeting between the Cabinet and Board of the Christian Association and their plans to further the Civil Rights movement this year. The article…
Howard Exchange Proposal
This official university correspondence from November 1962 advises Bucknell student Jeffrey Fleming on how to propose a visit to D.C.’s historically black college founded in 1867, Howard University, during spring break for several Bucknell…
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…
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…
Howard Professor to Give Lectures at Bucknell
According to this pamphlet from February 1964, the Committee on Educational Opportunity is sponsoring a series of lectures on the experience of blacks in America, led by Dr. Robert E. Martin from the historically black university founded in 1867 in…