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Acknowledging Our Past: Race, Landscape And History, Alea Harris, Kaycia Best, Dieran Mcgowan, Destiny Shippy, Vera Oberg, Bryson Coleman, Luke Meagher, Rhiannon Leebrick Ph.D., Phillip Stone

Student Scholarship

This book is the product of nearly a year's worth of student research on Wofford College's history, undertaken as part of a grant by the Council of Independent Colleges in the Humanities Research for the Public Good initiative. The research was supervised and directed by Dr. Rhiannon Leebrick.

"Guiding Research Questions:

How did Wofford College and its early stakeholders support and participate in slavery?

How is the legacy of slavery present in the landscape of our campus (buildings, statues, names, etc.)?

How can we better understand Wofford as an institution during the time of Reconstruction through the Jim Crow era? …

Talk This Way: A Look At The Historical Conversation Between Hip-Hop And Christianity, Joshua Swanson

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Christianity and Hip-Hop culture are often said to be at odds with one another. One is said to promote a lifestyle of righteousness and love, while the other is said to promote drugs, violence, and pride. As a result, the public has portrayed these two institutions as conflicting with no willingness to resolve their perceived differences. This paper will argue that there has always been a healthy conversation between Hip-Hop and Christianity since Hip-Hop’s inception. Using sources like Hip-Hop lyrics, theologians, historians, autobiographies, sermons, and articles that range from Ma$e to Tipper Gore, this paper will look at the conversation …

Presbyterian Church, Vernon, Louisiana Records, 1891- 1899, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Session minutes

Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Records, 1881-1969, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Church records

Ruston Church Collection, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Church records, bulletins, minutes, brochures, newsletters, correspondence, and scrapbooks of a number of Ruston, Louisiana churches, including Church of the Redeemer Episcopal, Trinity Methodist Church, First Baptist Church, Ruston Presbyterian Church, Vienna Presbyterian Church, and the Vernon Church.

Ruston Presbyterian Church Papers, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Papers given by members at a historical meeting of the Ruston Presbyterian Church, October 1963, honoring Kathleen and Helen Graham, active long-time members of the church; highlights of the history of the church and tributes to the Graham sisters

Ruston Presbyterian Church Records, Tanya L. Arant, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Minutes of the Session, 1884-1920; register of pastors, elders, deacons, communicants, and baptism

Salem Baptist Church Bossier Parish, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Records of the oldest Baptist Church in Bossier Parish, Louisiana

Saint Rest Baptist Church Records, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Records, correspondence, and photographs relating to Saint Rest Baptist Church

Saints Rest Baptist Church Lincoln Parish, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Records concerning Saints Rest Baptist Church in Lincoln Parish, Louisiana

Saline Baptist Church Of Christ Bienville Parish, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Records of Saline Baptist Church of Christ in Bienville Parish, Louisiana

Sardis Baptist Church Records, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Church records of Sardis Baptist Church, Winn Parish, Louisiana,; includes records of the W.J. Martin family, members of the church.

Shiloh Baptist Church Of Christ Collection, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Church roll and record book of Shiloh Baptist Curch of Christ, Union Parish, Louisiana

Spring Hill Missionary Baptist Church, Oakland, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Church roll, 1850-1907, and minutes, 1878-1907, of an early Union Parish church. [See M-064.]

Spring Hill Missionary Baptist Church, Oakland, La., University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Articles of faith, church covenant, church roll, and minutes of church conferences of an early Union Parish church. [See M 20 for another copy of Book I

Vienna Presbyterian Church Collection, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Church book number 2

Walnut Creek Baptist Church Collection, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Records of Walnut Creek Baptist Church, Lincoln Parish, La

Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church Collection, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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"History of Wesley Chapel ... and Cemetery," by Murray P. Rasbury and various records of the church.

Walnut Creek Baptist Church Records, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Church record books

Zion Hill Baptist Church Committee Collection, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Materials relatiing to Zion Hill Baptist Church of Union Parish, Louisiana