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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…

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…

This January 1952 Bucknellian article begins with a discussion of an incident in Florida where a Sheriff killed two black prisoners he was supposed to be escorting. The Columnist argues that this was not an isolated incident, as vandalism towards…

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…

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…

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…

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…