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This Bucknellian article from October 1956 addresses the first meeting of NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) of the semester that discussed possible plans for the coming year, hoping to focus on bringing black…

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In this May 1952 Bucknellian editorial, the author encourages students to participate in the upcoming Migrant Labor Conference by calling attention to the terrible working conditions of nearby camps, particularly for black workers outside Lewisburg…

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This item reveals articles from the Sunbury Daily Item and the Bucknellian from 1960 and 1961 (the Bucknellian article repeats item #113 in this collection). These articles were bookmarked and preserved by Bucknell's Christian Association because the…

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This April 1949 Bucknellian article shares how six Bucknell NAACP members (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) and a small selection of Lewisburg community members attended the third annual youth legislative conference at…

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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…

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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…

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This article in the Sunbury Daily Item from May 1960 deals with an instance of segregation in Lewisburg. After Evan's Tavern in East Lewisburg denied entrance to a black student, some Bucknell students held a demonstration in Lewisburg. They marched…

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This conference program from May 1954 thematizes human relations through BU’s NAACP chapter (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People). The Human Relations Conference will be held in Hunt Hall to discuss racial and religious…
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