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William Monroe Trotter: A Twentieth Century Abolitionist, William A. Edwards

Trotter Review

William Monroe Trotter was a twentieth century abolitionist. He was a man of principle whose dedication to the cause of equality was never disputed. Many criticized his methodology, but the l960s saw a revitalization of his direct action approach. His life is an interesting profile in the study of leadership. He left no long standing organization, but in the history of the NAACP we can see his influence, His life is also the story of opportunities that converge but do not merge.

Editor's Note, Wornie L. Reed

Trotter Review

Since this winter issue of the Trotter Institute Review coincides with Black History Month, we are dedicating this issue to an important figure in Afro-American history —- William Monroe Trotter, after whom the Institute was named.

The lead article is the transcript of a speech given by Massachusetts State Representative Byron Rushing during the Black History Month ceremony at the Massachusetts State House on February 1, 1987, on the importance of knowing black history. The other articles and the poem in this issue were taken from presentations made at a symposium on William Monroe Trotter during the re-opening celebration last …

Sallye B. Mathis And Mary L. Singleton: Black Pioneers On The Jacksonville, Florida, City Council, Barbara Hunter Walch

UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations

In 1967 Sallye Brooks Mathis and Mary Littlejohn Singleton were elected the first blacks in sixty years, and the first women ever, to the city council of Jacksonville, Florida. These two women had been raised in Jacksonville in a black community which, in spite of racial discrimination and segregation since the Civil War, had demonstrated positive leadership and cooperative action as it developed its own organizations and maintained a thriving civic life. Jacksonville blacks participated in politics when allowed to do so and initiated several economic boycotts and court suits to resist racial segregation. Black women played an important part …

Ua68/13/4 Limited Edition, Vol. 4, No. 1, Wku Journalism

WKU Administration Documents

Newspaper created by students participating in the Minority Journalism Workshop hosted by the WKU Journalism Department.

• Cobble, Eugene. Jesse Jackson: The Pros & Cons of Chances in '88
• Stewart, Nikita. Scoutchie: Local Barber Pleases Himself, Customers from All Walks of Life
• Richardson, Jeffery. Disease Has Workers Worried Over Health - Corvette Plant
• Butler, Darcie. Secretary Enjoys Work with Judge - Jackie Lively
• Johnson, Felicia. Howard Bailey Cares About People
• Briggs, Andrea. Shirley Malone's Goal is Enhancing Opportunities
• Richardson, Jeffery. Employees Tell Painful Stories
• Rucker, Taisha. Alan Anderson & Civil Rights are Perfect Match
• Butler, Darcie. WKU Lagging but Still Hopes …

Boston School Desegregation: The Fallowness Of Common Ground, Robert A. Dentler

Trotter Review

This essay scrutinizes the book by J Anthony Lukas, Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Families, to assess whether it presents a valid and reliable account of the issues, people, and events it chronicles. The substantive core of the book is shown to be the politics of Boston public school desegregation. The parts played by the three families in this event are dramatically portrayed but cannot be corroborated and are not interpreted. The parts played by five major policy leaders, when tested against other evidence, are found to be distorted, questionable legends woven in …

Ua45/6 Commencement Program, Wku Registrar

WKU Administration Documents

Commencement program listing graduates.

Black Heritage Stamp Series: Jean Baptiste Pointe Du Sable, United States Postal Service. Stamp Division

Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Stamp Collection

Informational pages for Jean Baptiste Pointe Du Sable Commemorative Stamp – Black Heritage Series, includes images of the stamps, information about the physical stamp and biographical information for Jean Baptiste Pointe Du Sable. First issued February 20, 1987, stamp No. 277 in a series.

American Commemoratives Stamp Series: Polar Explorers, United States Postal Service. Stamp Division

Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Stamp Collection

Informational pages for Polar Explorers (Matthew Henson) Commemorative Stamp - American Commemoratives Series, includes images of the stamps, information about the physical stamp and information about the Polar Explorers (Matthew Henson). First issued May 28, 1986.

American Commemoratives Stamp Series: Duke Ellington, United States Postal Service. Stamp Division

Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Stamp Collection

Informational pages for Duke Ellington Commemorative Stamp - American Commemoratives Series, includes images of the stamps, information about the physical stamp and biographical information for Duke Ellington. First issued April 29, 1986.

Affirmative Action: Problems And Prospects, James Farmer

William Monroe Trotter Institute Publications

Affirmative action has had an interesting history. I, with no attempted modesty, claim to have proposed the idea to Lyndon Johnson in either late 1962 or early 1963 when he was vice president. The only person I known who would disagree with me on that is the late Whitney Young, and he is not present to voice his disagreement now. When I reported to the Council on United Civil Rights Leadership, the group that was called the "Big Six" or the "Big Four" by the media, that I had had such a meeting with Vice President Lyndon Johnson and had …

Black Heritage Stamp Series: Sojourner Truth, United States Postal Service. Stamp Division

Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Stamp Collection

Informational pages for Sojourner Truth Commemorative Stamp - Black Heritage Series, includes images of the stamps, information about the physical stamp and biographical information for Sojourner Truth. First issued February 4, 1986 stamp No. 258 in a series.

An Appeal For Racial Justice : The Civic Interest Progressives' Confrontation With Huntington, West Virginia And Marshall University, 1963-1965, Bruce A. Thompson

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

In 1963, the shock waves of the sit-in movement and the growing black unrest throughout the country reached Huntington. This growing discontent with the status quo of segregation and racial discrimination and the impulse from the sit-in movement for direct, non-violent protest combined to mobilize several students at Marshall University who formed the Civic Interest Progressives (CIP), a biracial civil rights group.

Ua45/6 Commencement Program, Wku Registrar

WKU Administration Documents

Commencement program listing graduates.

The Free Negro In Illinois Prior To The Civil War, 1818-1860, Steven J. Savery

Masters Theses

Free Negroes embodied one of the great dilemmas in the ante-bellum history of the state of Illinois. Nominally a free state, Illinois endeavored mightily to suppress, exclude, and dispose of a class of people who were the ultimate result of the anti-slavery movement. While a majority of Illinoisans deemed the peculiar institution undesirable, they had no intention of accepting free Negroes as equal citizens. Free blacks were often regarded as dangerous and a menace to the well-being of the entire society. Yet, Illinois reconciled its apparently contradictory views on slavery and the free Negro to a remarkable degree.

The reconciliation …

The Republican Party And Civil Rights, 1877-1976, Gordon E. Sparks

Masters Theses

There have been many works written on both the Republican and the Democratic parties. Many works have also described the problem of civil rights and the historical difficulties blacks have had in an attempt to fit in politically. These works, however, have left out one major aspect of this process. Relationships of blacks to the political parties themsevles must be studied to understand one aspect of their continuous struggle for civil rights in America.

It is time that an overview be done on how the political parties have dealt with the civil rights problem throughout their histories. The Republican party …

Ua68/13/4 Bowling Green, Vol. 6, No. 1, Kelly Thompson Chapter, Public Relations Student Society Of America

Student Organizations

Magazine produced by senior seminar class in public relations with the Kelly Thompson Chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America and students in the WKU Department of Journalism.

Regular features include:

• Reflections
• Business
• Art
• Community Service
• Reminiscing
• Curiosities
• Entertainment

This issue includes articles:

• Combs, Susan. Unique Shop in Old Barn - Glass Place
• Fowler, Holly. Celebrate Christmas Many Ways
• Reagan, Stan. City Police Nigh Shift - More Than a Joy Ride
• Jones, Paige. Bonding, Brightening Without Pain - Dr. Jerry Blevins

Ua45/6 Commencement Program, Wku Registrar

WKU Administration Documents

Commencement program listing graduates.

Ua68/13/4 Bowling Green, Vol. 5, No. 2, Kelly Thompson Chapter, Public Relations Student Society

Student Organizations

Magazine produced by senior seminar class in public relations with the Kelly Thompson Chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America and students in the WKU Department of Journalism.

Regular features include:

• Reflections
• Business
• Art
• Community Service
• Reminiscing
• Curiosities
• Entertainment

This issue includes articles:

• Dunkel, Missy. It's 3:30 p.m. What Are Your Kids Doing? - Drug Abuse
• Thomley, Mike. Illiteracy: The Hidden Handicap
• Jones, Linda. Education: Improvement at the Grass Roots Level
• Rappaport, Jessica. Poems Mirror Poet's Life - Lillie Carter

Black Heritage Stamp Series: Mary Mcleod Bethune, United States Postal Service. Stamp Division

Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Stamp Collection

Informational pages for Mary McLeod Bethune Commemorative Stamp - Black Heritage Series, includes images of the stamps, information about the physical stamp and biographical information for Mary McLeod Bethune. First issued March 5, 1985, stamp No. 238 in a series.

Ua37/30/2 Wku Research Notecards - D Topics, Lowell Harrison

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Notecards created by Lowell Harrison while researching his book Western Kentucky University. The cards transcribed below are for 139 topics beginning with D ranging from Dad's Day to Duplication.

Ua37/30/2 Wku Research Notecards - G Topics, Lowell Harrison

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Notecards created by Lowell Harrison while researching his book Western Kentucky University. The cards transcribed below are for 140 topics beginning with G ranging from G.I. Bill to Gymnastics.

Ua37/30/2 Wku Research Notecards - N & O Topics, Lowell Harrison

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Notecards created by Lowell Harrison while researching his book Western Kentucky University. The cards transcribed below are for 41 topics beginning with N ranging from Nalbach, Walter 1910-2001 to Nursing and 53 topics beginning with O ranging from Observatory to Owensboro Protests.

Ua37/30/2 Wku Research Notecards - U-V Topics, Lowell Harrison

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Notecards created by Lowell Harrison while researching his book Western Kentucky University. The cards transcribed below are for 55 topics beginning with U & V ranging from Underground Papers to Voting - Regents.

Ua68/13/4 Bowling Green, Vol. 5, No. 1, Kelly Thompson Chapter, Public Relations Student Society

Student Organizations

Magazine produced by senior seminar class in public relations with the Kelly Thompson Chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America and students in the WKU Department of Journalism.

Regular features include:

• Reflections
• Business
• Art
• Community Service
• Reminiscing
• Curiosities
• Entertainment

This issue includes articles:

• Roberts, Candace & Ann Hochgesang. WKU Groups Support Community
• McMurtry, Pam. Care Centers Teach Social Skills, ABC's
• Walton, Dreama. A Life Some Never Left - Mennonites

American Commemoratives Stamp Series: Roberto Clemente, United States Postal Service. Stamp Division

Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Stamp Collection

Informational pages for Roberto Clemente Commemorative Stamp - American Commemoratives Series, includes images of the stamps, information about the physical stamp and biographical information for Roberto Clemente. First issued August 17, 1984.

Ua45/6 Commencement Program, Wku Registrar

WKU Administration Documents

Commencement program listing graduates.

Black Heritage Stamp Series: Carter G. Woodson, United States Postal Service. Stamp Division

Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Stamp Collection

Informational pages for Carter G. Woodson Commemorative Stamp - Black Heritage Series, includes images of the stamps, information about the physical stamp and biographical information for Carter G. Woodson. First issued February 1, 1984, stamp No. 209 in a series.

Black Heritage Stamp Series: Scott Joplin, United States Postal Service. Stamp Division

Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Stamp Collection

Informational pages for Scott Joplin Commemorative Stamp - Black Heritage Series, includes images of the stamps, information about the physical stamp and biographical information for Scott Joplin. First issued June 9, 1983 stamp No. 191 in a series.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 58, No. 9, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Regular features include:

• Callboard
• Commentary
• Editorial Cartoon
• For the Record - arrests
• Letter to the Editor
• Opinion
• Sports

This issue contains articles:

• Ballard, Wanda & Kevin Francke. Grade-Point Averages, SAT Scores on the Rise
• Dias, Monica. Law Degrees is End of a Dream for Government Professor - Frank Neuber
• Dias, Monica. Associated Student Government, Interhall Council to Poll on Coed Housing
• Francke, Kevin. Aerobics Class Called Exercise in Exhaustion
• Payment for Towing Laudable
• Logsdon, Patti. Alibi Criticized
• Kinsner, Sandy. Following 4-Year Plan Doesn't Suit Everybody
• Shutt, Nick. Retention Plan …

Black Heritage Stamp Series: Jackie Robinson, United States Postal Service. Stamp Division

Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Stamp Collection

Informational pages for Jackie Robinson Commemorative Stamp - Black Heritage Series, includes images of the stamps, information about the physical stamp and biographical information for Jackie Robinson. First issued August 2, 1982, stamp No. 170 in a series.