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This February 1961 Pennsylvania House Bill outlines unfair admissions practices for educational institutions, calling for an end in such discriminatory criteria and treatment.

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In this November 1969 memo on forming a committee to make recommendations on a Black Studies Program, including the advisability of a Black Studies major, the president of Bucknell’s AAUP (American Association for University Professors) suggests…

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In this official correspondence from May of 1968, John F. Zeller (1919-2010) (‘41; Vice President of Bucknell from 1955-1984; Interim President of Bucknell in 1984) suggests to Charles Watts (1926-2001) (University President from 1964-1976) that…

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This essay from the late 60s or early 70s is a discussion of the problems black students face at white universities that recruit black students. Mainly, many black students feel they are there for show and not for their own educational benefit.…

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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…

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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…

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“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.…

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This article from an October 1958 issue of the Bucknellian describes the South's attempt, across multiple states, to thwart integration of schools. Taking examples from Louisiana, Virginia, the Carolinas, and Arkansas, the author describes southern…

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According to this October 1954 issue of the Bucknellian, the supreme court has settled the question of segregation in schools, but the article acknowledges that there is a great deal of opposition in the south. The author discusses examples of towns…

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This April 1954 Bucknellian article introduces an upcoming panel in Williamsport. The NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), in conjunction with Rabbi Ephraim Einhorn (on pulpit in Williamsport, PA from November 1952…
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