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The Vanguard (Vol. 18, No. 4), May-June 1971, Lutheran Human Relations Association Of America

The Vanguard

The release without trial of eight Black Panthers after two years imprisonment; the concerted efforts of the Justice Department to confine the Berrigans and their colleagues; the massive, indiscriminatory arrests in Washington, D.C. of young people (as well as citizens trying to get to work) with an estimated 80 percent of these arrests illegal; the rigid defense of this government action by high officials - these and similar cases can be cited to raise concern over the heavy-handed pattern of law enforcement and government control that may corrode the foundations of a state, and ultimately shackle and destroy people.

The Vanguard (Vol. 17, No. 1), Jan-Feb 1970, Lutheran Human Relations Association Of America

The Vanguard

The Board of Parish Education of the Florida-Georgia District, LCMS, has issued a statement concerning procedures for Lutheran parochial schools in the district when the situation involves an attempt to avoid the desegregated public schools.

The statement suggests that the policy of each school should be one of encouragement for all races, and that "no ulterior motives which may influence the transfer of children to private schools be abetted or even encouraged.

The Vanguard (Vol. 17, No. 4), June 1970, Lutheran Human Relations Association Of America

The Vanguard

In January, 1970 a Federal Grand Jury began an investigation into the events which occurred in Chicago on December 4, 1969. On that day, a police raid resulted in the deaths of Black Panthers Mark Clark and Fred Hampton.

The Vanguard (Vol. 17, No. 9), Dec 1970, Lutheran Human Relations Association Of America

The Vanguard

On the last Sunday in September, Dr. J. Herbert Gilmore resigned as pastor of Birmingham's First Baptist Church, saying to his congregation, "I will not be a pastor of a racist church."

The Vanguard (Vol. 17, No. 8), Nov 1970, Lutheran Human Relations Association Of America

The Vanguard

At the time when the LHRAA's San Diego (Cal.) chapter began, the matter of "Proposition 14" was before the California citizens in a referendum, giving the people an opportunity to speak out on the rightness of affording equal housing opportunities for all.

The Vanguard (Vol. 17, No. 6), Aug 1970, Lutheran Human Relations Association Of America

The Vanguard

A larger-than-ever attendance of over 300 were on hand for the Lutheran Indian Conference in Sioux Falls July 31 to August 1 at Augustana Lutheran College. Most of them were Indians and most of the Indians were not Lutherans.

The Vanguard (Vol. 17, No. 3), Apr-May 1970, Lutheran Human Relations Association Of America

The Vanguard

Police in Jackson, Mississippi-because they thought they heard a sniper's gun- fired random shots into windows of a college dormitory. Two young men are dead; nine are injured. In Augusta, Georgia, where police were called out to restore order after a riot had erupted, six men are dead; sixty injured.

Ua94/6/3 Expatriate, Vol. 1, No. 2, Bruce Tucker

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Underground newspaper commenting on Western Kentucky University administration and current events. Articles include:

• Tucker, Bruce. Caution: The One on Your Right May be a Cop
• Neumayer, Rick. Campus Protest Escalating
• Tucker, Bruce. Washington: Exporting the 'Picnic'
• Wilkerson, Larry. The Writing on the Wall - Graffiti
• Potter, Jackson. Henry Jackson Heads for Last Hurrah
• Neumayer, Rick. Judgment Day - Instructor Evaluations
• Patterson, Tom. Those Magnificent Men . . . - Dee Gibson, John Oldham, Jimmy Feix, Jim Pickens & Ted Hornback
• Harris, Mike. Black Students Unite
• Neumayer, Rick. Student Rights: Void Where Prohibited
• Hundley, Smith. Wants More
• Briney, John. Former Journalist …

Ua3/3/1 Urban Renewal Commission, Wku President's Office

WKU Administration Documents

Documents housed in Folder 24 of President Kelly Thompson's Subject/Correspondence File regarding the Urban Renewal Commission. Includes correspondence and lists of property purchased.

• Downing, Dero
• Largen, Harry
• Memo to Kelly Thompson from Dero Downing outlining paperwork needed to add properties to the Jonesville Renewal Project with exhibits:
• Exhibit 1: letter from Arch Daniels to Kelly Thompson
• Exhibit 2: letter from Kelly Thompson to Charles Cherches
• Exhibit 3: letter from Charles Cherches to Kelly Thompson
• Exhibit 4: list of WKU purchases along Russellville Road prior to Jonesville Project. List is in lot number order and lists date purchased, grantee, property description …

The Vanguard (Vol. 17, No. 7), Sep-Oct 1970, Lutheran Human Relations Association Of America

The Vanguard

Leland Elhard is an Associate Professor of pastoral theology at the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Columbus, Ohio (ALC). He spent four weeks this past summer observing, visiting, and working with the people of the Lutheran churches in the near east side of Baltimore, Maryland, sponsored by the Mutual Enrichment Program of LHRAA. The new and interesting possibilities which emerged from his experience are, it seems to us, worthy of priority consideration by other churches. We are sharing some of his thoughts and insights here. It should not be surprising that what Dr. Elhard says about Baltimore - the city and …

The Vanguard (Vol. 17, No. 2), Mar 1970, Lutheran Human Relations Association Of America

The Vanguard

William Stringfellow, attorney, and outstanding lay theologian is a longtime friend of LHRAA. He is the author of "A Private and Public Faith," "My People Is the Enemy, " and "Count It All Joy." In 1969, Dr. Stringfellow was presented with the Mind of Christ Award by LHRAA.

Designer's News May 19, 1969, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

The Designer's News was a student-run weekly newspaper published in the late 1960s. The issue of May 19-25, 1969 featured an article about the RISD Landscape Architecture department's study to save Block Island, RI. There also was an interview with John Torres about summer programs at RISD and at a school in Vermont, and an article about a RISD photo student who taught local pre-teens about photography. Also included was an article about the Rhode Island Art Festival and some RISD students who were volunteering their time to help.

Designer's News May 5, 1969, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

The Designer's News was a student-run weekly newspaper published in the late 1960s. The issue of May 5, 1969 is the first issue and features an introduction to the publication, along with articles on COLAB II, a new student show opening at Carr House, a speech given by union organizer Carl Braden, and an alumni seminar event on "art and censorship."

Deficiencies In The Civil Rights Act Of 1964 Title Vii, Equal Employment Opportunity, Marvin House

North Carolina Central Law Review

No abstract provided.

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.

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.

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, …

Equal Opportunity, Janet Acton

Student Scholarship

This paper provides an extensive examination of the concept of equal opportunity within the framework of American capitalism and social structure. The author defines equal opportunity as the freedom to pursue legitimate goals, share in the rewards of labor, and preserve private property. However, the text acknowledges that while the United States views itself as a land of opportunity, the reality is often complicated by rigid class barriers and systemic inequalities. The author explores various philosophical interpretations of equality, including utilitarian views of equal shares for all and Aristotelian concepts of proportional equality based on relevant differences or moral worth. …

Ua1b3/3 Meeting Minutes, Wku Athletic Committee

WKU Administration Documents

Meeting to discuss golf facilities, Park Mammoth Golf Course, Bowling Green Municipal Golf Course, spring sports schedules, football schedules, Howard Jewelers athletic award, Cable Car Classic Basketball Tournament, Jayhawk Classic Basketball Tournament and William Elrod's retirement.

The Vanguard (Vol. 15, No. 2), Mar 1968, Lutheran Human Relations Association Of America

The Vanguard

How interested in the Presidential Commission's Report on Civil Disorders are the Lutherans?

If you base your answer on the response to a provocative conference arranged by Rev. Arnold Hilpert of Bethlehem Lutheran Church in the Chicago suburb of Broadview, Illinois, you would have to say;

"Not much!"

The Vanguard (Vol. 15, No. 7), Sep 1968, Lutheran Human Relations Association Of America

The Vanguard

"Don't keep giving us things!" was the passionate, slow, soft-spoken plea of Ralph Red Fox, a Cheyenne from Lame Deer, Montana. Observing that the life of the reservation Indian is managed and controlled to the point where he feels stifled and suffocated, Red Fox claimed that the man on the reservation has had his manhood seized from him.

The Vanguard (Vol. 15, No. 5), Jun-Jul 1968, Lutheran Human Relations Association Of America

The Vanguard

The Lutheran Human Relations Association notes with regret the sudden death of Dr. Franklin Clark Fry, President of the Lutheran Church in America, in June, 1968.

He was one of the great architects of the Protestant world. He appeared on the world scene as President of the United Lutheran Church in America in 1944, at the beginning of the post-war era. From 1944 until 1968 his organizing genius, his skill as a parliamentarian, and his creativeness were applied towards meeting the organizational demands of that era in such national and international bodies as the National Council of Churches, the World …

The Vanguard (Vol. 15, No. 9), Dec 1968, Lutheran Human Relations Association Of America

The Vanguard

LHRAA's Denver Chapter is at work making preparations to help Synodical delegates understand the racial and urban crises confronting the church. As headquarters for its activities the group has reserved the Junior Ball Room of the Hilton Hotel where many of the delegates will be housed during the convention of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod, July 11-19, 1969.