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Black Student Community Of Risd Statement Of Belief, 1969, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

Racial Justice

A "Statement of Belief" and an outline for progress submitted by the Black student community at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) on January 15, 1969. It calls upon the administration to adjust its educational and social priorities to meaningfully incorporate and reflect Black American culture, noting that having only six Black students out of a student body of over one thousand constitutes tokenism. The document details six core points to address these systemic issues: Minority Student Recruitment, Financial Assistance, Recruitment Funding, Black Faculty and Staff Hiring, Curriculum Reform, and Long-Term Implementation. The petition concludes with an appeal for …

The Vanguard (Vol. 16, No. 6), Jul-Aug 1969, Lutheran Human Relations Association Of America

The Vanguard

Into the middle of the "Denver debate" - the sometimes bitter, sometimes restrained, but always intense expressions of opinion - came a group of black Lutherans bringing their gift of love. Delegates, visitors, and members of the Black Youth Unlimited stood together on the platform in the convention hall.

The Reverend Albert Pero of Detroit, President of the Association of Black Lutheran Churchmen, Mr. Sherman Beverly, high school teacher and president of the Chicago Northwest Suburban chapter of LHRAA, and the Reverend Will Herzfeld of Oakland, California and former LHRAA board member, spoke for the group.

The Vanguard (Vol. 16, No. 5), June 1969, Lutheran Human Relations Association Of America

The Vanguard

With arrangements coordinated by LHRAA, the Denver Hilton's Empire Lounge and Ballroom have been designated by the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod Convention as the ACTION CENTER FOR CONCERNED PEOPLE.

Posters will be distributed generously, reminding conventioners to punch the Hilton elevator button "2B" and visit the ACTION CENTER.

Focusing on PEOPLE. there will be displays and gathering centers involving groups and agencies specifically ministering to the sociological, physical, and economic needs in our world.

The Vanguard (Vol. 16, No. 4), May 1969, Lutheran Human Relations Association Of America

The Vanguard

James Forman, director of the National Black Economic Development Conference, interrupted the service at Riverside Church, New York, on Sunday, May 3, when he stood in the chancel and read a list of demands made by his organization against the church. Riverside Church, located at Riverside Drive and 120th Street, just west of Harlem, has been singled out, Forman said, "because it is in the heart of the Harlem community, as are a few other racist institutions."

The Vanguard (Vol. 16, No. 3), Apr 1969, Lutheran Human Relations Association Of America

The Vanguard

"Nothing could be more misleading to our children than our present affluent society. They will inherit a totally different world, a world in which the standards, politics, and economics of the 1960's are dead." So says Dr. Paul Ehrlich in a recently published paperback. THE POPULATION BOMB. He is a specialist in population biology and labeled by some as an obnoxious alarmist.

The Vanguard (Vol. 16, No. 8), Nov 1969, Lutheran Human Relations Association Of America

The Vanguard

"I feel very uneasy about the reading of the names of all the U.S. fatalities in Vietnam," observed Hazaiah Williams, black clergyman from Oakland. Rev. Williams was addressing a "moratorium" assembly in Valparaiso University's Chapel. He made the remark as the subdued voices of students continued the 24 hour-long recitations of names of the war dead.

The Vanguard (Vol. 16, No. 7), Sep-Oct 1969, Lutheran Human Relations Association Of America

The Vanguard

Several months ago, the sanitation workers in Oklahoma City requested improved working conditions and more pay. Although some of their demands were met the specific requests for $100 a month pay raise and 5-man crews were not met, and the workers set a strike date of August 19.

The Vanguard (Vol. 16, No. 1), Jan-Feb 1969, Lutheran Human Relations Association Of America

The Vanguard

The Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod is endeavoring to take its verbal commitment to the concern of housing needs seriously. February 16 marks the day of a church-wide effort to gather a million dollar offering in a program called "Keys for Christ."

It all started in New York in 1967 when delegates of the church assembled in convention wanted to give substance to resolutions of earlier conventions that spoke more generally in this matter.

The Vanguard (Vol. 16, No. 2), Mar 1969, Lutheran Human Relations Association Of America

The Vanguard

LHRAA's Board of Directors has scheduled its 1969 Institute on Human Relations for Chicago for the week-end of June 27 to 29.

The decision calls for moving the site of the Institute from Valparaiso University to the Lutheran School of Theology. The meetings will be on Chicago's South Side in a setting where the issues of racial and urban crisis are close at hand.

The entire format - and goals - of this year's Institute will differ greatly from previous years.

Ua12/2/12 Kappa Alpha Psi Founding Documents, Kappa Alpha Psi

Student Organizations

Folder of Kappa Alpha Psi materials that includes a copy of the charter and correspondence of John Sagabiel, Charles Keown, Frank Moxley and Howard Bailey regarding the formation of the fraternity in 1969. Additional records available in WKU Archives.

Ua1f Wku Archives Vertical File - Football, 1969 Part 2, Wku Archives

WKU Administration Documents

Digitized vertical file materials regarding WKU football.

Ua3/3/1 Condemnation Of Property, Wku President's Office

WKU Administration Documents

Documents housed in box 19, folder 38 of President Kelly Thompson’s Subject/Correspondence File regarding Jonesville property. Consists of condemnation list, correspondence, maps and property descriptions.

• Alexander, Ellen
• Appraisals
• Coleman, Robert
• Condemnation File, 12/20/1960
• Condemnation Proceedings - Jonesville, 11/28/1960
• Cox, Lennie
• Cox, Mrs. Linnie
• Information Pertaining to Property Facing Russellville Road
• Johnson, Ida
• Jonesville, KY
• Kentucky. Finance Department
• Regents (WKU)
• Taylor, Charles
• Taylor, Dan
• Taylor, Will
• Thompson, Kelly
• Warren County Tax Assessor

Ua1d Mable Anderson Personnel File, Wku Human Resources

WKU Administration Documents

Personnel file of Mable Anderson, one of the first African Americans to be hired in a faculty position.

Ua1f Wku Archives Vertical File - Regents 1911-1969, Wku Archives

WKU Administration Documents

Digitized vertical file materials regarding the WKU Board of Regents.

Ua1f Wku Archives Vertical File - Football, 1969 Part 1, Wku Archives

WKU Administration Documents

Digitized vertical file materials regarding WKU football.

Student Administration Communication Proposal, 1969, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

RISD Students and Institutional Governance

Student Administration Communication Proposal.

The Vanguard (Vol. 16, No. 9), Dec 1969, Lutheran Human Relations Association Of America

The Vanguard

Fred Hampton, Illinois chairman of the Black Panther Party, is dead. So is Panther Mark Clark.

State's Attorney Edwin Hanrahan in a TV interview commended the officers who "bravely and with restraint" participated in the pre-dawn raid on Thursday December 4, when the shoot-out occurred.

Many in Chicago's black community and many whites are convinced that Hanrahan's men murdered Hampton as he slept.

Ua64/4 Technical Progress Report Of The Western Kentucky Human Relations Center For Education, Wku Human Relations Center

WKU Administration Documents

Quarterly report created by the WKU Human Relations Center regarding activities to provide support and technical assistance to local school districts during the integration process between October 1 to December 31, 1968.

A Strategy For Campus Peace, Lewis F. Powell, Jr.

Powell Speeches

No abstract provided.

Ua64/4 Technical Progress Report Of The Western Kentucky University Human Relations Center For Education, Wku Human Relations Center

WKU Administration Documents

Quarterly report created by the WKU Human Relations Center regarding activities to provide support and technical assistance to local school districts during the integration process from July 1 through September 30, 1968.

Ua64/4 Technical Progress Report Of The Western Kentucky Human Relations Center For Education, Wku Human Relations Center

WKU Administration Documents

Quarterly report created by the WKU Human Relations Center regarding activities to provide support and technical assistance to local school districts during the integration process from April 1 to June 30, 1968.

Ua12/2/2 1968 Talisman, None

WKU Administration Documents

1968 Talisman yearbook.

• Impressions – Photos
• Regents / President / Administration / Faculty / Staff
• Bowling Green College of Commerce
• College of Education
• Graduate School
• Potter College of Liberal Arts
• Ogden College of Science & Technology
• Features / Beauty Queens
• Sororities – Alpha Delta Pi, Alpha Omicron Pi, Alpha Xi Delta, Chi Omega, Kappa Delta, Phi Mu, Sigma Kappa
• Fraternities – Alpha Gamma Rho, Alpha Tau Omega, Delta Tau Delta, Kappa Sigma, Lambda Chi Alpha, Phi Delta Theta, Pi Kappa Alpha, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Sigma Chi, Sigma Nu, Sigma Phi Epsilon
• Associated Students
• College Heights Herald
• Western Players
• Music
• Who’s …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 47, No. 32, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Award Program Lauds Outstanding Students – Senior Day
• Western to Grant 974 Degrees in Graduation Exercises May 31
• Campus Tabs Richard Nixon in Choice ‘68
• Veterans Club Book Swap Ready to Begin This Fall
• Williams, Debby. Crystal Crowder Plans Career Goal from Bardstown to Metropolitan
• Homecoming Committee Holds Meetings to Map Homecoming Plans
• Fifth College Heights Herald Award to be Given Tonight
• Lawrence, Ron. Ending Year’s Work Prompts Reflections
• Lynch, Dan. Editorial Cartoon re: Graduation into U.S. Army
• Hilltoppers Reign Supreme; Conference Only Limitation – …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 47, No. 31, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Herb Shadowen Elected to Represent Facult – Regents
• Students Indicted at Local Grand Jury – Vicki Harris, Donald Basquim, John Campbell
• Rhea Lazarus Notes Draft Situation
• Associated Student Government Concert Tonight Stars Campus Talent
• McDaniel, Mike. Human Relations Forum Group Seeks Answers to Rights Questions
• Student Campaigners Support Candidates for Various Offices
• Negro History Series Slated in High Schools
• White, Alana & Ellen Bennett. Paul Revere & the Raiders’ Concert Provides Inside Look at Entertainers
• Raymond Cravens Named to Southern Accrediting Post
• Change is Responsibility, …

We The Black Community Of Rhode Island School Of Design, 1968, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

Racial Justice

A declaration by the Black Community of the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) to the administration protesting institutional inequality, tokenism, lack of Black administrators / faculty, and announcing solidarity with Black students at Brown University.

Supplement To Christian Chronicle, May 10, 1968, Christian Chronicle, David Jones Jr., Lawrence L. Stumbaugh, James Dennis Sr., Don Finto, Leon Hill, Phillip Roseberry, Joseph Tucker, Joe Tomlinson, Jim Mayo, Perry Wallace, Walter E. Burch, David Lipscomb

ACU Archives Stone-Campbell Journals

A supplement to the Christian Chronicle, this special issue contains a report of the Race Relations Workshop held March 4-8, 1968, in Nashville, Tennessee at Schrader Lane Church of Christ. Included are full texts of speeches delivered by the workshop theme speakers: David Jones, Jr., Lawrence L. (Bud) Stumbaugh, James Dennis, Sr., Don Finto, leon Hill, Phillip Roseberry, Joseph Tucker, Joe Tomlinson, Perry Wallace, Jim Mayo, Walter E. Burch, and an article by David Lipscomb condensed from the February 21, 1878 Gospel Advocate.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 47, No. 30, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Bennett, Ellen. Bill Straeffer Wins Associated Student Government Presidency
• Bennett, Ellen. Associated Student Government President Makes Plans for 1968-69
• Marcum, Linda. America’s College Students Pick Eugene McCarthy in Choice ‘68
• Harold Helm, New York Financier, to Address Graduates
• Safety Inspection Procedures Outlined
• Grand Jury to Probe Death of Infant Born to WKU Coed – Vicki Harris
• The Male Animal Continues Through Saturday Here – Western Players
• Club Representatives to Be Picked for Associated Student Congress
• Band Concert Billed Sunday – Music
• Elections Illustrate Faults, Indifference …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 47, No. 29, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Drury, Larry. Balloting Today to Pick Leaders – Student Government Association
• McDaniel, Mike. Lecturer Dennis Askey Tells Students Not to Abandon Nation’s Dream – Civil Rights
• Cormney, Jim. Student Assistance Curtailment Expected After Federal Cutback
• 3,600 High Schoolers Plan Invasion Tomorrow – High School Day
• White, Alana. Paul Revere & Raiders Top Next Week’s Entertainment Bill
• Absentee Ballot Request Due in County by Thursday
• Dr. Kelly Thompson’s Brother Dies in Louisville – James Thompson
• Ammerman, Craig. Student Unrest – Kentucky State University
• Stiffer Gun Control …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 47, No. 28, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Lawrence, Ron. Bill Straeffer, Charles Whitley Vie for Associated Student Government Presidency
• Presidential Hopefuls Express Ideas – Bill Straeffer, Charles Whitley
• McDaniel, Mike. Two Negro Speakers Present Views on Race Relations Crisis – Dennis Askey, Beatrice Holland
• Four Candidates Seek Associated Student Representative Posts
• Terry Gilpin, Bob Van Corbach Vie for Associated Student Government Vice Presidency
• Past Performance of Associated Student Government Analyzed
• Menser, Winkey. Menser Discusses Head Fee
• Talisman Ball Replaced This Year
• Voices Premiere on Campus Today – English
• ROTC Spring Dance Set …

Blockprint April 15, 1968, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

Blockprint was a student magazine published throughout the 1960s. This issue of April 15, 1968 covers the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., including editorials concerning the event, as well as more local news related to the school. Also included is a double page spread of photographs from the school's COLAB program of the year.