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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…
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…
Richard McKinney at Bucknell
This item is an advertisement from 1948 for Richard McKinney's Bucknell visit. As the first black President of Storer College, a historically black college founded in 1865 in West Virginia, McKinney (who served as president of the college from…
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…
"Bucknell and Susquehanna Erect No Racial Barriers to Negroes"
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…
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…
Statement on Discrimination in Fraternities and Sororities
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…
Letter to Alumnus re: Interracial Contributions
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…
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…
What is Bucknell's Role in the Civil Rights Issue?
This pamphlet from the 1960s shares that the topic of the next Student-Faculty Fireside (a student and faculty discussion series) will be civil rights. This document advertises the conversation, which will include Dr. Douglas Sturm of the Religion…
Human Relations Conference at Bucknell
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…