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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…
To Students & faculty interested in Civil Rights
This memo is another official university correspondence from March 1965 that describes an opportunity during spring break where students can assist with a voter education and registration project in either Petersburg or Lynchburg, Virginia, sponsored…
Students Register Voters in Virginia
These articles from the Bucknellian and the Sunbury Daily Item from April 1965 praise campus activism. The activism in question is that, for the second year in a row, 13 Bucknell students spent their spring breaks registering voters with the YWCA.…
Seven Major Organizations in Civil Rights Movement
This 1963 newsletter from the National Student Councils of YMCAs and YWCAs (Young Men’s/Women’s Christian Association) provides information on the seven major organizations of the civil rights movement. The seven groups are the NAACP (National…
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…
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…