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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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The author of this March 1960 Bucknellian article reveals the racism of Richard Arens (1919-2000), staff director of the Un-American Activities, who also serves as a privately paid consultant to a multi-millionaire interested in proving the genetic…

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The author of this Bucknellian article from February 1960 discusses types of discrimination found in the north, which are often subconscious because "what we think and what we do are diametrically opposed to each other." Whereas southern…

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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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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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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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This local news article from the 1960s applauds local schools, Bucknell and Susquehanna Universities, for making their campuses open to black applicants. The author makes it clear that Bucknell’s tactic is to offer funding for such prospective…

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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 official university correspondence from April 1960 documents the response from Dean John C. Hayward () to an alumnus who had expressed concern at a cross-burning incident that took place at outside a Bucknell fraternity. He condemns the incident…
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