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This flyer from March 1948 advertises the upcoming lecture by Jane E. Hunter (1882-1971), founder and director of the Phillis Wheatley Association (for black girls) in Cleveland. Ms. Hunter will come to Bucknell to lecture a class and to lead the…

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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.

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This flyer advertises for the upcoming inspirational lecture by George Washington Carver (~1860s-1943), who will bring his peanut exhibit to Bucknell. It gives a brief overview of the life and accomplishments of this brilliant historical figure and…

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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…

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Several articles from the Bucknellian in 1965 both announce and recount civil rights leader James Farmer's speech at Bucknell. A picture of him is also included. Farmer (1920-1999) was the National Director of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)…

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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…

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The Christian Association's newsletter The Challenge published an article in February 1964 about the civil rights movement and how it is finally underway at Bucknell. It discusses several programs the school has in place that further the movement…

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These three files from a 1964 Bucknellian demonstrate different aspects of the social justice advice provided by Bucknell Philosophy professor F. David Martin (1920-2014). Mainly, he reflects on the fact that fraternities and sororities drive the…

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This Bucknellian article from October 1961 announces the visit of two Freedom Riders (who spent 40 days in jail for challenging segregation norms in the south) and the Washington president of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). These three…

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This 1947 article in the Bucknellian declares that Jane Edna Hunter (1882-1971), founder of the Phillis Wheatley Association for Black Girls in Cleveland, will be speaking on "Strengthening Democracy" and building better race relations.
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