Individual Freedom at Barnard College Case
A Barnard College Judicial Council hearing supports student rights to personal autonomy amid a case involving a studentLinda. Faculty members Mothersill Juviter and Miss Larsen testified in favor of students self determination and academic focus. The group requests Linda be acquitted and seeks broader clarifications of college student relations.
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Barnard College
Judicial Council
Mothersill
Juviter
Miss Larsen
Linda
Peterson
Bulletin
Ens
Fider Mikes
Spectator
Barnard
Columbia
Teacher's College and
General Studies
Racial Fantasies in Academy Award Winners Critique
A critical essay argues that The Academy Awards honored films that mask racial tensions. It contends Guess Who's Coming To Dinner and In The Heat Of The Night offer comforting fantasies for both white liberals and Black audiences. The piece decries idealized interracial marriage and Poitier’s urban detective as propaganda.
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Motion Picture Academy
Martin Luther King
Katherine Hepburn
Harvard
Europe
Sidney Poitier
Poitier
Room drawing survey at college shows mixed views
A campus survey from the College Activities Office reports 38 responses on room drawing. Most favor year long occupancy, prefer referendums for policy changes, and criticize student bodies as underrepresentative amid widespread apathy.
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College Activities Office
Dorm Exec
House Council
The King Assassination and American Reactions
A reader reflects on the King assassination and white middle class responses. The piece critiques editorials, memorials, and calls for deeper questions about poverty, housing, and government actions in a turbulent era. It links MLK’s death to broader interracial tensions and ongoing social upheaval.
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New York Post
Reverend King
John Kennedy
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Martin Luther King Memorial
Forum
Columbia Citizenship Council
Wollman
George Scarlack
The
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George Scurlock
Forim
America
New York Times
By Faye Silverman
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King
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Stanley Sperber
Israel
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Broadway
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