African American Studies Commons^™

Lessons On Racism: The Senior Prom At The Elks Club, Donna M. Hughes

Dignity: A Journal of Analysis of Exploitation and Violence

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Blacks In Oregon, Darrell Millner

Black Studies Faculty Publications and Presentations

Periodically, newspaper or magazine articles appear proclaiming amazement at how white the population of Oregon and the City of Portland is compared to other parts of the country. It is not possible to argue with the figures—in 2017, there were an estimated 91,000 Blacks in Oregon, about 2 percent of the population—but it is a profound mistake to think that these stories and statistics tell the story of the state's racial past. In fact, issues of race and the status and circumstances of Black life in Oregon are central to understanding the history of the state, and perhaps its future …

Law School News: Remembering John Lewis 07-18-2020, Michael M. Bowden

Life of the Law School (1993- )

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Freedom Triumphant: Embracing Joyful Freedom But Facing An Uncertain, Perilous Future, Thomas L. Tacker

Publications

The newly freed slaves had almost nothing—no money, no education, and no strong social institutions, including marriage which had often been prohibited, rarely supported by slaveholders. Discrimination was rampant and government was often the worst discriminator. Yet, somehow, they triumphed. They built marriages that were actually slightly more stable than those of white families. The newly free went from virtually zero literacy to at least 50% literacy in a generation. They worked incredibly hard and increased their income about one third faster than white workers. The newly free, anchored in their strong faith, were amazingly forgiving and optimistic. Economics Professor …

The Loving Story: Using A Documentary To Reconsider The Status Of An Iconic Interracial Married Couple, Regina Austin

All Faculty Scholarship

The Loving Story (Augusta Films 2011), directed by Nancy Buirski, tells the backstory of the groundbreaking U.S. Supreme Court case, Loving v. Virginia, that overturned state laws barring interracial marriage. The article looks to the documentary to explain why the Lovings should be considered icons of racial and ethnic civil rights, however much they might be associated with marriage equality today. The film shows the Lovings to be ordinary people who took their nearly decade long struggle against white supremacy to the nation’s highest court out of a genuine commitment to each other and a determination to live in …

Making It Work Before The Movement: African-American Community And Resistance In 1940s And 1950s Portland, Maine, Justus Hillebrand

Maine History

African Americans in Portland, Maine, in the 1940s and 1950s made up less than 0.5% of the population. As a consequence, discourse on race was more subtle than it was in other parts of the country. The Portland black community, as in other small northern New England cities, lacked the numbers for broad public or political action. Instead, African Americans developed individual and informal strategies of resistance aimed at broadening opportunities in education, employment, and housing. African Americans “made it work” by congregating in their own church, persevering in their own educational goals, operating their own businesses, and owning their …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 51, No. 8, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

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

• Williams, Charles. Hugh Campbell, Al Telese Top Field in Freshman Presidential Race
• Accreditation Study Begins
• Eric Sevareid to Speak Tuesday
• Witt, Travis. Dr. Benjamin Spock Stresses Need for Dissent and Change
• Associated Students Congress Postpones Meeting
• Catlett, Regina. Workshop Improves Counselors with Intensified Training Program
• Air Force Band to Appear
• Purpose of Herald Needs Clarification
• Mounce, Robert. Secondary Education Needs Re-evaluation
• Colombero, Don, et. Al. WKU Spirit
• Bivens, Ed. Rebelettes Discrimination
• Miller, Roger. Youths Contribute to Death of Rock
• Spinks, Martha. Folk Art Attracts WKU …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 50, No. 10, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU Campus Newspaper Reporting Campus, Athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky News. This issue contains articles:

• Primary Vote Disappointing as 8.9 Per Cent Cast Ballots
• Six Academic Council Seats at Stake in Tuesday Voting
• 22 Codes Vie for Homecoming Queen
• Voters to Decide Associated Student Congress Constitution Quorum Question
• 36 Westerners to Gain Who’s Who Recognition
• Freshmen Cheer Candidates Yell for Votes Tuesday
• Hightower, Paul. Open-Speaker Policy Discussion Highlights Associated Student Congress Meeting
• Black Student Union Elect Officers
• Edmonton Coed Chosen Miss Three Alarm – Joan Whitlow
• Western’s United Givers Fund Goal is $10,000
• Pershing Rifles Pledgeship Begins
• Beyond Apathy—On to …