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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…
Conference on Racial Affairs
This item provides a schedule for the 1947 Princeton conference on racial affairs and a summary of the panel discussions attended by Bucknell student Norman Franks. The final article appeared in The Challenge summarizing the conference.
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…
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…
Student Demonstrations
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…
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…
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…
Statement on Discrimination
Bucknell's June 1961 statement on discrimination remarks that no discrimination based on religion, sex, gender, race, or national origin at Bucknell will be tolerated. It declares that Bucknell's doors "have been open and shall remain open to…
Our Concern for Civil Rights: A Time to Act
This is an article from the 1963 YMCA (Young Men’s Christian Association) newsletter, “Cues,” that was saved by the Christian Association at Bucknell. The article gives a brief summary of the civil rights movement that is currently happening…
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…
Your Place in the Revolution
This item is the 1963 schedule of events and program outline for a Human Relations Conference workshop in Philadelphia hosted by the YWCA (Young Women’s Christian Association). Bucknell student Barbara Beach attended this workshop, where things…