"Noted Negro Educator to Address Chapel"
Dublin Core
Title
"Noted Negro Educator to Address Chapel"
Subject
Richard McKinney to return and speak at chapel
Description
In this Bucknellian article from November 1948, the author announces that highly decorated scholar and the first African-American President of the historically black Storer College (founded in 1865 in Harper’s Ferry), Dr. Richard McKinney (1906-2005) (who served as President of the college from 1944-1950), will be a guest speaker at a chapel service. This event will be Dr. McKinney’s second time at Bucknell, the first being his week-long visitation “concerning various phases of Christianity and race relations.”
Creator
The Bucknellian - author unknown
Source
The Bucknellian
Publisher
The Griot Institute
Date
November 18, 1948
Type
Image, Text, News Article
- Date Added
- May 13, 2016
- Collection
- African American Speakers at Bucknell
- Tags
- African American Speakers, Black Historical Figures, Bucknellian, Historically Black College, Lecture, Religion, Richard McKinney, Speaker, Student Church
- Citation
- The Bucknellian - author unknown, “"Noted Negro Educator to Address Chapel",” Bucknell Civil Rights Project, accessed May 15, 2024, http://bucivilrights.omeka.bucknell.edu/omeka/items/show/62.