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Black Symposium Correspondence Between Stephen Hughes And Rhody Mccoy On Participating In Symposium On Black America, Stephen T. Hughes, Rhody A. Mccoy
Black Symposium Correspondence Between Stephen Hughes And Rhody Mccoy On Participating In Symposium On Black America, Stephen T. Hughes, Rhody A. Mccoy
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
A letter from University faculty member Stephen Hughes, written on January 8, 1969 to Rhody McCoy, Unit Administrator of Ocean Hill-Brownsville Demonstration School District in Brooklyn New York, to participate in the Symposium on Black America. Rhody McCoy responded on January 15, 1969 accepting the invitation to speak at the Symposium. After the Symposium Stephen Hughes wrote to Rhody McCoy on February 24, 1969 to give thanks for participating in the Symposium and included a check of payment. The last page is a poster created to showcase Rhody McCoy's talk at the University on Monday February 17 at Eight PM …
Black Symposium Invitation Letter From Stephen Hughes To James Forman To The Symposium On Black America, Stephen T. Hughes
Black Symposium Invitation Letter From Stephen Hughes To James Forman To The Symposium On Black America, Stephen T. Hughes
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
A letter from Stephen Hughes, University of Maine, on January 6, 1969 inviting James Forman, member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), to participate in the Symposium on Black America hosted by the University. The letter gives details of a tentative date and plans for the Symposium and what the University intends to pay for Forman's participation in the event.
Black Symposium Letter From Winthrop C. Libby In Response To A Complaint On Symposium On Black America, Winthrop C. Libby
Black Symposium Letter From Winthrop C. Libby In Response To A Complaint On Symposium On Black America, Winthrop C. Libby
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
A letter written by Winthrop C. Libby, acting President of University of Maine at the time, in response to a complaint from a "person in Ellsworth", Maine from February 20, 1969 in regards to the S.D.S (Students for a Democratic Society) on campus and certain programs being held at the University of Maine. President Libby states that S.D.S exists legally on campus and have the right to exist regardless of his opinions. He also states that the Symposium on Black America was sponsored by the General Student Government and was well attended and went well. President Libby expresses his opinion …
Black Symposium Letter From Keith Carreiro To Harry Walker In Regards To Media Coverage On The Symposium On Black America, Keith Carreiro
Black Symposium Letter From Keith Carreiro To Harry Walker In Regards To Media Coverage On The Symposium On Black America, Keith Carreiro
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
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
Letter From Ronald Banks To John Bynoe On Recommendations For Minority Students, Ronald F. Banks
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
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
Letter From Ronald Banks, Assistant To President Libby, On Recommendations By The Civil Rights Committee, 1968, Ronald F. Banks
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
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
Black Symposium General Student Senate Minutes On The Distinguished Lecture Series And Black Symposium Details, Charlotte Harrington, Eileen J. Fields
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
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
: University Starts Martin Luther King Scholarship Program, Maine Campus Staff
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
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
Scholar Program Honors Martin Luther King, Maine Campus Staff
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
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
King Scholarship, Maine Campus Staff
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Article from the University of Maine student newspaper The Maine Campus regarding the University establishing a Martin Luther King Jr. scholarship for Black students.
University Of Maine's History Union Newsletter, Art Adoff
University Of Maine's History Union Newsletter, Art Adoff
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
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
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
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
Correspondence Between Dr Earl Mcgrath And President Lloyd H. Elliot On Black Students At The University Of Maine, Earl J. Mcgrath, Lloyd H. Elliot
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
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.
Stormy Negro Claims Integration Only Word, Stan Eames
Stormy Negro Claims Integration Only Word, Stan Eames
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
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
Letter From Nicole Kimball To Hugh Saunders On University Of Maine's Sororities Membership, Nicole Kimball
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
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
Correspondence Between Alberta Jackson And President Lloyd H. Elliott On University Of Maine Anti-Discrimination Policies, Alberta Jackson, Lloyd H. Elliott
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
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
Minority Rule, The Maine Campus
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
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
Former All Maine Woman Speaks At Banquet Sunday, The Maine Campus
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
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.
Photograph Of Frederico Matheas & Biographical Information, University Of Maine Alumni Association
Photograph Of Frederico Matheas & Biographical Information, University Of Maine Alumni Association
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
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
Correspondence Between President Arthur A. Hauck And Warren Brown Regarding Information On Race Prejudices, Arthur A. Hauck, Warren Brown
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
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.
Editorial Regarding Samuel Courtney, Maine Campus Staff
Editorial Regarding Samuel Courtney, Maine Campus Staff
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Editorial from the University of Maine student newspaper The Maine Campus regarding of what they describe as a "hazing" incident of Black students Roger and Samuel Courtney who were tarred and feathered.
A photograph of the incident is featured in the collection.
Photograph Of Courtney Brothers Tarred And Feathered, Author Unknown
Photograph Of Courtney Brothers Tarred And Feathered, Author Unknown
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Photograph of two Black students Samuel and Roger Courtney tarred and feathered While at the time this incident was described as "hazing" incident carried out by University of Maine a modern interpretation, by scholars such as Karen Sieber, Humanities Specialist at the McGillicuddy Humanities Center, was that this was actually a racist attack.
Sieber has featured this incident in her, Visualizing the Red Summer database and archive on the topic of the Red Summer of 1919, a term given to a nationwide wave of violence against African Americans that year.
More information on this incident can be elsewhere in this …