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Street, James William, 1858-1944 (Mss 478), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 478. Account books and journals of James William Street, recording his activities and local events, primarily in Henderson and Lyon counties in Kentucky. He also records the 1908-1909 activities of the Night Riders in the region.

Fearless: Emily Cranfill, Emily J. Cranfill

SURGE

Emily Cranfill ’15 has been getting a lot of attention recently, but not necessarily for all of the volunteering, organizations, and groups with which she’s normally involved. Since first hearing last week about the Ku Klux Klan’s (KKK) plans to come protest in the town of Gettysburg, Emily has been inspired to take action by organizing a Rally for Unity Against Hate on campus this Saturday afternoon while the KKK will be protesting. And the responses to her fearless ideas, enthusiasm, and initiative have been staggering. [excerpt]

Red Drops For A Rainbow, Zakiya A. Brown

SURGE

Splashes of pool water licked my ankles, scenting my coffee-colored toes with chlorine. Bareback guardians, robed in red, hovered high as flocks of fleshy tangible innocence skipped jubilantly across the pool deck and disappeared into a wet square pocket of sapphire. [excerpt of poem]

The Exploitation Of College Athletes: Education And Money, Carlton Koonce

African & African American Studies Senior Theses

A football program that has historically struggled to win games, is now winning conference championships year in and year out. The only thing that appears to be able to stop them is themselves. As a result, the university has received record donations from alumni all over the country. The university is expanding with new buildings and facilities that seem to pop up out of nowhere. Ticket prices are through the roof, and games are being sold out in a couple days' time. Not only that, but the applications for incoming freshman have more than quadrupled since the last losing season. …

Affirmative Action In College Admissions: The Past, Present, And Future, Ellen Johnson

African & African American Studies Senior Theses

The Pledge of Allegiance, which supposedly captures the core values of America, is a nostalgic hymn by virtually all citizens of the U.S. We recite it in public schools, at football games, and a wide range of ceremonies and celebrations. From the time we are young, these words become engrained in us, so much so that reciting them becomes second nature. Do we, though, truly practice the concepts held in the Pledge of Allegiance? When we pledge that the U.S. embodies "liberty and Justice of all", do we stop and think of the implications the term carries? Can we, as …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 89, No. 11, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Crumbie, Trey. Psychology Department Split Approved by Regents
• Crumbie, Trey & Mackenzie Mathews. International Love – International Festival
• Roederer, Anna. Kentucky Proud – Cory Ramsey
• French, Jackson. Sigma Phi Epsilon Mourn Brother Killed in Accident – Cory Beavin
• Pait, Ryan. Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD Almost as Silly as Its Name
• Vogt, Darren. Editorial Cartoon re: Calories
• Students Deserve Calorie Listings at all Campus Dining Options
• Meisel, Jennifer. WKU Gear on Game Day is About Respect
• Play Dirty – Mud Volleyball
• Burton, Kristina. WKU Hosts First US Meeting of US …

Should Hbcus Pursue High-Capacity Fundraising Presidents?, Donald Mitchell Jr., Ph.D.

Executives, Administrators, & Staff Publications

The question I pose is, "Should HBCUs pursue high-capacity fundraising presidents?"

Harambee - Fall 2013, African-American Student Union

Harambee

Contents:

• "Why Harambee? Why Now?" by Natasha Shorts
• "Young Alumni Update: Karen Castro" by Abi Agyepong
• "Progress?" by Cam Change
• "International Perspective: What to do when stuck in the US?" by Abdinajib Liban
• "Who is Mrs. LaJoyce?" by Lydie Dorelien
• "Past To Present: 50th Anniversary of The March On Washington"
• "Slaves Once More" by Anonymous
• "Dead Conscious" by Matthew Quinn
• "I Am Not My Hair: Confessions of a Black Woman Gone Natural" by Natasha Shorts
• "Mark Your Calendars!!!"
• "Featured Artist: Benjamin Willis"
• "From Senior to Freshman: Tips on How to Survive in College" by Nana Agyepong
• "Otterbrown"
• "Behind the Words"

African Americans (Research Report #121), Nile Patterson, Mark J. Schafer, Troy Blanchard

LSU AgCenter Research Reports

From the early 18th century to now, African-Americans have lived in Louisiana and the other Gulf states and played an integral role in shaping the linguistic and cultural traditions of the region. The seventh in the series discusses the experiences of African-Americans in the region.

Ua12/2/1 Topper Extra, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

Special edition of the College Heights Herald featuring athletics.

• Pratt, Elliott. WKU Preps for Triple-Option Threat – Football
• Aulbach, Lucas. Open Starting Jobs Make for More Competition in Practice – Football
• Pratt, Elliott. Stay Low, Keep Moving Forward – Rashaan Allen
• WKU Players to Watch Navy Players to Watch
• Pratt, Elliott. WKU Works to Find a Starter for the Rest of the Year
• Aulbach, Lucas. Topper Defense Looks to Hold Its Ground vs Navy
• Aulbach, Lucas. Consistency Is Key Against Navy Attack

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 89, No. 10, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Matchen, Quiche. Advising App Makes Scheduling Easier – Information Technology
• Sproles, Katherine. Defense Class Prepares Students for Dangerous Situations
• Burnside, Ella. College Heights Herald Alum Named Executive Editor of Louisville Courier-Journal – Neil Budde
• Holloway, Kaely. Transcript Voucher Bill Passes in Student Government Association Senate
• Marnon, Christian. Diplomat to Share Tips for Success in Globalized Economy – Michael McClellan
• Crumbie, Trey. WKU Prepping for University Reaccreditation
• Kriz, Lindsay. Marriage Existed Before Christianity – Gay Marriage
• Bratcher, Nick. Reframing the Gay Marriage Debate
• Koch, Cameron. Grand Theft Auto V’s Satire …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 89, No. 9, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• McKay, Michael. Apple Partners with WKU to Bring Tech to Bookstore
• Parker, Jacob. Bigger Red Marching Band – Music
• Downey, Casey. Baker Arboretum Provides Beauty, Learning Opportunities for Students
• Crumbie, Trey. Affordable Care Act Changes WKU Employee Health Plan
• Burton, Kristina. Crimes of the Heat to Start Shows This Thursday – Theatre & Dance
• Vogt, Darren. Editorial Cartoon re: Football Fans
• Pait, Ryan. 2013 Emmys Were a Night of Big Surprises
• Saturday’s Attendance Was a Good Start – Football Fans
• Downey, Casey. Restaurant Extends Hours with Late-night Diners in …

American Commemorative Panels: Ray Charles, United States Postal Service. Stamp Division

Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Stamp Collection

Informational pages for Ray Charles Commemorative Stamp – American Commemorative Panels, includes images of the stamps, information about the physical stamp and biographical information for Ray Charles. First issued September 23, 2013.

Ua12/2/1 Topper Extra, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

Special edition of the College Heights Herald featuring athletics.

• Aulbach, Lucas & Elliott Pratt. Starting Quarterback Job Open Heading Into Saturday – Football
• WKU Players to Watch – Football
• Aulbach, Lucas. Looking to Dominate – Tyler Higbee
• Aulbach, Lucas. Young Receiving Core Looks to Put Mistakes Behind Them
• Aulbach, Lucas. Several Linebackers Anchor WKU Defense
• Pratt, Elliott. Times in the Trenches
• Pratt, Elliott. WKU Looking for Big Crowd Saturday
• O’Neal, Arla. Tailgating Expands for 2013 Season

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 89, No. 8, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Crumbie, Trey. Hotel Adjacent to Alumni Center to Begin Construction
• Sproles, Katherine. Augenstein Alumni Center New Home for Campus Tours
• Koch, Cameron & Michael McKay. Suspects’ Planned Theft of $1,000 Ended in Death – Larry Thomas, Dominique Wortham, Adriana Mason
• Prochazka, Tyler. Syrian Civil War Hits Home for Students
• Parker, Jacob. Note from Abraham Lincoln Added to Kentucky Museum Exhibit
• French, Jackson. Another University Apartment Building Under Construction – Housing & Residence Life
• Kriz, Lindsay. Why There Should Be No Such Thing as Blurred Lines
• Bratcher, Nick. Confessing Our …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 89, No. 7, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Parker, Jacob. To Remember His Son Larry Thomas – Tariq Shabazz
• Kriz, Lindsay. Duck Dynasty Cast Members to Visit WKU Next Month
• Vogt, Darren. Editorial Cartoon re: Restaurants
• Midnight Munchies
• Kriz, Lindsay. New Column Starting Thursday
• Weigel, Andrew. Runners Compete at Commodore Classic – Track & Field
• Phillips, Jonah. Lady Toppers Go Scoreless in First Road Trip of 2013 – Soccer
• Aulbach, Lucas. Don’t Bury WKU After One Game – Football
• Pratt, Elliott. Through Their Fingertips – Football
• Pratt, Elliott. Young Receiver Earns Big Role in Offense – Football …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 89, No. 6, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Holloway, Kaely. International Student Amendment Passes Student Government Association Senate Vote – Navitas
• Boyd, Kayla. Lambda Chi Alpha Raises Money for Hope Harbor – Watermelon Bust Beauty Pageant
• Marnon, Christian. Engineering Students Create Beech Bend Event – Cancer, Fund raising
• Downey, Casey. WKU Students Drink Wine for Class – Agriculture
• French, Jackson. Petition for 24-Hour Dining Option Heads to Student Government Association – Dining Services
• Burton, Kristina. Symphony at WKU to Give Free Concert at Jackson’s Orchard This Weekend – Music
• Bratcher, Nick. Soft Speech Still Works – Barack …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 89, No. 5, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Parker, Jacob. Resident Assistant Arrested, Potential Witness to Larry Thomas Shooting – Thompson
• Crumbie, Trey. Step Up – Fraternity / Sorority Step Show
• Crumbie, Trey. Bully Producer to Lecture Tonight – Cynthia Lowen
• Parker, Jacob. Kids & Artists Work Side By Side at Kentucky Museum
• Crumbie, Trey. Supreme Court Decision Highlights Diversity
• Holloway, Kaely. Amendments Revised After Emergency Meeting – Student Government Association
• Country Stars Head to WKU for Homecoming – Justin Moore, Corey Smith
• Barnes & Noble Hosts Bourbon Expert, Political Scientist – Mike Veach, Michael Cairo
• September …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 89, No. 4, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Koch, Cameron, et al. Bowling Green Police Department Investigating Murder of WKU Student – Larry Thomas
• Crumbie, Trey. WKU Trying to Improve Retention
• French, Jackson. South Campus Food Court Gets Second Chance
• Marnon, Christian. Car Share Program Looks to Free Need for Car on Campus
• Crime Reports for the Week of August 29
• Burton, Kristina. Student Organization Celebrates Jewish Culture
• Roederer, Anna. Chinese Flagship Program Immerses Students in Foreign Language, Culture
• Bratcher, Nick. Syria Demands Action, Not Lives
• Ferranti, Cameron. Miley Cyrus Problem Was Performance, Not Morals
• Serafini, David. …

The African American Experience In Cleveland: Oral History And Digital Exhibition, Bethany Hollowell, Timothy Klypchak, Katherine Taylor, J. Mark Souther

Undergraduate Research Posters 2013

Our project examines themes in African American history from the 1910s to 1970s through the lens of Cleveland, drawing upon the voices of more than 60 Clevelanders interviewed by our team. After collecting more than 60 hours of digital sound using oral history best practices, we produced minute-by-minute logs to aid researchers, created a selection of short story clips for the Cleveland Voices website, and curated new sites for the Cleveland Historical mobile app. Among our interviewees are the oldest living eyewitness of the 1920 Matewan Massacre in the coalfields of West Virginia, the first African American licensed pilot, and …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 89, No. 3, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Pratt, Elliott. WKU Rolls in Win Over University of Kentucky in Nashville – Football
• Aulbach, Lucas. From Start to Finish, Toppers Controlled Every Part of Saturday’s Game – Football
• Car Rental Program Comes to Campus
• Sproles, Katherine. Dining Services Offers Free Meal to Select Students
• Crumbie, Trey. WKU Lawsuit Settled in May, Four Still Pending
• Burton, Kristina. Alpha Xi Delta Looking to Build House, Increase Visibility on Campus
• Vogt, Darren. Editorial Cartoon re: Pearce Ford Tower
• No Boys Allowed – Pearce Ford Tower
• The View from the Stands Photo …

Ua12/2/1 Topper Extra, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

Special edition of the College Heights Herald featuring athletics.

• Pratt, Elliott. New Sheriff in Town – Brandon Doughty
• Aulbach, Lucas. New-look Toppers Boast New Faces at Some Positions – Football
• Aulbach, Lucas. Hard-hitting Andrew Jackson a Leader for WKU’s Defense
• Aulbach, Lucas. Toppers Playing with New Faces on Offense
• Aulbach, Lucas. Topper Defense Young on the Line, Experienced in the Backfield
• Pratt, Elliott. Bobby Petrino’s Road to the Hill
• WKU Players to Watch
• University of Kentucky Players to Watch

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 89, No. 2, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Williams, Kyle. Players, Gary Ransdell React to University of Kentucky Gear on Campus
• McKay, Michael & Seth Hutchins. Fraternities Adjust to New Houses – Sigma Pi Epsilon, Pi Kappa Alpha
• Koch, Cameron. Fraternity Recruitment Grows from Last Year
• Parker, Jacob. Public Information Officer Quits Over Shift Change – Mand Johnson, WKU Police
• Parker, Jacob. Crime Report for August 22 – August 28
• Matchen, Quiche. New Information Technology System More Interactive
• Pait, Ryan. Quirky – The New Normal & the New Nothing
• Ardrey, Saundra. Live the Dream – Martin Luther …

The Shortcomings Of A "Diverse" College Campus, Chelsea E. Broe

SURGE

“What is the diversity like at Gettysburg College?” As a tour guide, I get asked this question a lot. It’s a tricky question to answer: On one hand, I know that this is probably the family’s way of inquiring about race on campus without having to use such a taboo word, but on the other, my Diversity Peer Educator training chimes in and I want to challenge my questioner’s assumptions about what diversity even means. [excerpt]

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 89, No. 1, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• French, Jackson. State, Normal Streets Reduced to 15 MPH – Speed Limit
• French, Jackson. Grise Elevator Offline for Semester
• French, Jackson. Pearce Ford Tower’s Sex Changes
• Watson, Paul. Students Buzzing About Downing Student Union Starbucks Location
• Crumbie, Trey. Administration Looks to Recruit Fewer, But More Qualified Students
• Parker, Jacob. Crime Down from Spring, Up from Last Summer
• Crumbie, Trey. Parking & Transportation Services Adds 3 Buses to White Line
• Burton, Kristina. WKU Alumnus Chief Operating Officer of Lonely Planet – Daniel Houghton
• Vogt, Darren. Editorial Cartoon re: WKU Growth …

Black Heritage Stamp Series: Althea Gibson, United States Postal Service. Stamp Division

Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Stamp Collection

Informational pages for Althea Gibson Commemorative stamp – Black Heritage Series, includes images of the stamps, information about the physical stamps and biographical information for Althea Gibson. First issued August 23, 2013, 36th in a series.

American Commemorative Panels: The 1963 March On Washington, United States Postal Service. Stamp Division

Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Stamp Collection

Informational pages for The 1963 March on Washington Commemorative Stamp – American Commemorative Panels, includes images of the stamps, information about the physical stamp and information on The 1963 March on Washington. First issued August 23, 2013.

Identity Development Of Adolescent Gay Black Males, Miles James Allen Crumley

Dissertations and Theses

During adolescence, self-identified gay black males may develop their identities differently than their gay white male counterparts. This may be attributed to the reconciliation of stressors when developing gay, black, and male identities within certain environmental contexts. To investigate this, twelve qualitative interviews were conducted of gay black males from which developmental themes were extracted. While many of the developmental processes are similar to their white homosexual counterparts, some differences were noted regarding racism, objectification by the white gay community, and use of the internet to develop particular identities. A new theory using dynamic systems theory that includes many complexities …

Recruitment And Retention Of Kindergarten Through Grade 12 African American Male Educators In Rural Environments, Shannon Tre'mario Jernell Lewis

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

African American male teachers represent a disproportionately low number of educators in the American public school system. This lack of representation has implications for understanding, interacting with and educating the growing population of students of African descent in public schools. In addition, all students benefit from experiencing African American males in classrooms for cultural and educational reasons. For these reasons, recruiting and retaining African American males for careers in education is imperative.

This dissertation investigated the reasons African American males do not select careers in education given the history of this career and its prominence for people of African descent. …

Voting Blocks, Julian Maxwell Hayter

Jepson School of Leadership Studies articles, book chapters and other publications

In 1971, Creighton Court resident Curtis Holt filed a monumental lawsuit against the city. His suit attacked an increasingly problematic, yet subtle form of institutionalized racism — the dilution of African-Americans’ growing voting power. Richmond had annexed 23 square miles of Chesterfield County a year earlier to head off the city’s growing black electorate and keep City Council predominantly white. Holt’s suit charged that blacks would have won a council majority in 1970 had Richmond not added 47,000 suburbanites, only 3 percent of whom were black.