"Seven Attend NAACP Conference; Hear Eisenhower and Bunche Speak"
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Title
"Seven Attend NAACP Conference; Hear Eisenhower and Bunche Speak"
Subject
Bucknellians attend NAACP’s Freedom Fulfillment Conference in Washington, D.C.
Description
This news clipping from the Bucknellian in April of 1954 discusses the NAACP’s (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) spring conference of that year. Seven Bucknellians attended the Freedom Fulfillment Conference in Washington DC, the goal of which was the initiate a 10-year program for complete freedom and equality for all minority groups by 1963. Speakers such as President Eisenhower (1890-1969) (US President from 1953-1961) presented and the Howard University choir performed. Bucknell’s delegates represented one of only 2 schools notably present at the conference (the other being Harvard).
Creator
The Bucknellian - author unknown
Source
The Bucknellian
Publisher
The Griot Institute
Date
April 1954
Type
Image, Text, News Article
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