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Black Symposium Letter From Keith Carreiro To Harry Walker In Regards To Media Coverage On The Symposium On Black America, Keith Carreiro

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A letter from Keith Carreiro, Chairman of the Distinguished Lecture Series at the University of Maine, to Mr. Harry Walker, of Harry Walker, Inc in New York, sent on December 12, 1968 on media coverage of the Symposium on Black America. Keith Carreiro sent a letter to The New York Times for coverage and asks for support from Harry Walker to help broadcast the Symposium.

Letter From Ronald Banks To John Bynoe On Recommendations For Minority Students, Ronald F. Banks

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A letter from Ronald Banks, Assistant to President Winthrop C. Libby, to John Bynoe, Regional Civil Rights Director, on addressing specifics on recommendations suggested by the Civil Rights committee that came to the University of Maine. The letter mentions the Martin Luther King Scholarship to recruit minority groups to the University of Maine.

Letter From Ronald Banks, Assistant To President Libby, On Recommendations By The Civil Rights Committee, 1968, Ronald F. Banks

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A letter from Ronald Banks from October 18, 1968 to a group of faculty to implement recommendations from the Civil Rights compliance review. These recommendations ensure no discrimination against perspective students on race, color, and national origins and more recruitment of minority students.

Black Symposium General Student Senate Minutes On The Distinguished Lecture Series And Black Symposium Details, Charlotte Harrington, Eileen J. Fields

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Minutes from the University of Maine General Student Senate from October 1968 to February 1969 in relation to the Black Symposium hosted at the University of Maine. The Symposium was sponsored by the Student Senate and in the minutes are the planning and reasoning for the speakers.

: University Starts Martin Luther King Scholarship Program, Maine Campus Staff

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Article from the University of Maine student newspaper The Maine Campus regarding the University starting a Martin Luther King Scholarship for Black students to attend the University.

Scholar Program Honors Martin Luther King, Maine Campus Staff

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Article from the University of Maine student newspaper The Maine Campus regarding a scholarship honoring Martin Luther King Jr. for Black students.

King Scholarship, Maine Campus Staff

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Article from the University of Maine student newspaper The Maine Campus regarding the University establishing a Martin Luther King Jr. scholarship for Black students.

"Listen White America" Commissioner Arricale Speaks, The Maine Campus

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"Listen White America, really listen for a change. You can go to war overnight, you can go to the moon almost overnight, and you'd better build a city overnight, because the ghetto Negroes are out on the streets now but I don't know where they will be tomorrow," Frank C. Arricale, New York City deputy housing commissioner, made this appear during his lecture, "The Long Hot Summer" Wednesday evening, May 1, in the Maine Lounge of the Memorial Union.

Le Roi Est Mort, The Maine Campus

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An editorial tribute to the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.

University Of Maine's History Union Newsletter, Art Adoff

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This newsletter from the University of Maine's History Union dated between circa 1968-1970 on 'Black Panthers at Maine' by University of Maine student Art Adoff. The newsletter includes remarks about the lack of Black History studies, what the History Departments plans to do about it, and the History Union's goal to fight for a Black studies program. There are statements from the Head of the History Department at the time, Dr Robert Seager II.

Black Symposium Letter From Gerald Work To Several People In Regards To Participating In The Symposium On Black America, Gerald Work

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A letter from Gerald Work, professor at UMaine, sent to five members of the community of the University to participate in a panel composed of students and faculty as part of a Symposium on Black America. The panel was to talk about views on race relations on campus and what the University support should be.

Correspondence Between Dr Earl Mcgrath And President Lloyd H. Elliot On Black Students At The University Of Maine, Earl J. Mcgrath, Lloyd H. Elliot

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A letter from Dr Earl McGrath to University of Maine President Lloyd H. Elliot on April 16, 1964 entailing a survey on the attendance of Black students at higher education institutions and their opportunities at the University. A response letter from President Elliot to Dr McGrath written on April 26, 1964 includes the answers to proposed questions from the survey.

Civil Rights Bill Does Not Require Open Occupancy, Carol Hebold

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The highly controversial Civil Rights Bill, a complex piece of legislation currently before the Senate, seems to be the object of some public misunderstanding.

What Now?, J. I. S.

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In a nation that professes tolerance we're mighty slow in doing anything that resembles tolerance. Maine failed to pass a law requiring housing to be anti-discriminatory. The nation's Senate is now embroiled in a debate that may well end in crippling amendments to a law of tolerance. And a racist polls 250,000 votes in Wisconsin. What does this all mean?

Give Up Rights?, Richard Leland

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An equitable Civil Rights Law is necessary in a democratic society. The Civil Rights Bill, as it now stands, is contrary to the free enterprise system.

Write For Rights, Harvey Bates

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It is urgent that every student, faculty and staff member write the two senators from his home state to urge them to work for the passage of the Civil Rights Bill (H.R. 7152).

Stormy Negro Claims Integration Only Word, Stan Eames

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Article from the University of Maine student newspaper The Maine Campus on a speech by civil rights activist James Meredith at the University and Colby College.

Letter From Nicole Kimball To Hugh Saunders On University Of Maine's Sororities Membership, Nicole Kimball

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A letter from Nicole Kimball, President of Panhellenic Council at the University of Maine, to Hugh Saunders, Chairman Maine Advisory Committee Commission on Civil Rights, written on March 7, 1963 on UMaine's sororities membership in regards to Black and Jewish students.

Correspondence Between Alberta Jackson And President Lloyd H. Elliott On University Of Maine Anti-Discrimination Policies, Alberta Jackson, Lloyd H. Elliott

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Letter from Alberta Jackson, Secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People- Central Maine branch, on December 13, 1962 addressed to the President to the University of Maine, Lloyd H. Elliott, on the anti-discrimination policies in regards to admissions, social activities, and sororities and fraternities. President Elliott responded to Alberta Jackson on January 2, 1963 stating that the University had implemented policies to end discrimination on campus and related institutions, such as sororities and fraternities.

Minority Rule, The Maine Campus

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The South isn't dead, at least not yet. Still grasping at straws to maintain its segregated way of life, the last stronghold of American feudalism is slowly dying. But it will die a glorious death, in the traditions of old, going down to defeat with its flags flying. Unfortunately, for the rest of the nation, its fruitless struggle will engulf all.

Former All Maine Woman Speaks At Banquet Sunday, The Maine Campus

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Mrs. Beryl Warner Williams of Baltimore, Maryland, will be the guest speaker at the All Maine Women banquet Sunday at 7 p.m. in Estabrooke Hall. Mrs. Williams, a former All Maine Woman and University of Maine graduate in the class of 1935, is an instructor at Morgan State College in Maryland.

Plans For Tb Testing Policy Announced By Dr. Graves, Robert A. Graves

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Tuberculin testing will be done on all students who plan to return next fall, at the same time I.D. card photographs are taken at Wingate Hall during the weeks of May 7th and May 14th. This is in an attempt to minimize the risk of tuberculosis among the student population.

Photograph Of Frederico Matheas & Biographical Information, University Of Maine Alumni Association

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Photograph of Federico Walter Matheas, one of the first Black graduates of the University of Maine. Matheas was a member of the Class of 1907. There is a photograph of Matheas as well as biographical information curated by the University of Maine Alumni Association.

More information on Matheas can be found in "Remembering Bangor: The Queen City Before the Great Fire" by Wayne E. Reilly and "Black Bangor: African Americans in a Maine Community, 1880-1950 (Revisiting New England)" by Maureen Lee.

Correspondence Between President Arthur A. Hauck And Warren Brown Regarding Information On Race Prejudices, Arthur A. Hauck, Warren Brown

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A letter from Arthur A. Hauck, President of the University of Maine, to Evans Clark, Secretary of the Council for Democracy, written on September 30, 1943 in regards to President Hauck's membership with the Committee on the Group Life of Students of the National Association of State Universities and a discussion on 'Racial Problems and Student Attitudes and suggestions to help the conversation. Warren Brown, from the Council of Democracy, responded to President Hauck on November 1, 1943 stating that they sent material in regards to Black lives and to send back a reaction.

Practice House Proud Of Its Youngest Resident, The Maine Campus

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We of the University have not realized what an interesting experiment is being tried by the senior girls in Home Economics in caring for a baby until Commencement. Yet several newspapers, among them the Boston Post, and the Portland Express, the Lewiston Journal, the Bangor Daily News, and the Bangor Commercial have featured Frances Pauline within the last few weeks, commending the practical value of such a course as a part of Household Administration.

Co-Eds Mourn Death Of All Male Students, The Maine Campus

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Many of the Maine co-eds enjoyed the feeble protest against coeducation in last week's Campus. From a secure hiding place behind Cornell's broad shoulders came some brave Maine man, or it might have been men, hurled a bomb of defiance at the unwelcome females. Wait just a minute while we co-eds laugh!

Home Economics Meeting Held In Practice House, The Maine Campus

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The monthly meeting of the Home Economics Club was held on Tuesday evening, at the Practice House…Miss Poyntz, instructor in Sociology gave a splendid address on "Opportunities for Women in Social Service Work."

Local Branch Menorah Society Reorganizes, The Maine Campus

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The Menorah Society was founded at Harvard College in 1906. The aim of the Society is to cultivate the best aspects of Judaism.

Cornell Seniors Protest Against Co-Education, The Maine Campus

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The following, which appeared in the New York "Times" will surely prove interesting to us here at Maine. The cry comes from Ithaca, New York, calling coeducation an "accident," maintaining that it has succeeded nowhere, not even in the west.

Women Of The University Have Student Government, The Maine Campus

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Student government for the women of the university has been discussed for many years. This year those interested in the plan have been pleased to see it put into practice. Article includes rules and regulations established for female students by the new council.