Hosts And Guests Evaluate Exchange In Southern Caldron
At a Louisiana legislature emergency session last November, State Senator Speedy O Long urged racist measures against African Americans, urging dismissal of a colored maid and boycotting white schools, tying his stance to Judge Shelly Wright's order admitting five six year old Negro girls to a New Orleans area school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Speedy O. Long
Hugh E Long
Louisiana
Shelly Wright
New Orleans
Gianiusso
Supreme Court
Federal
Deep South
Little Rock
New
Atlanta
South
New Rochelle
Lincoln
Roosevelt School
South’n Caldron
Southern Guests reflect on race and integration at Barnard
A Barnard note from a student group thanks Southern visitors for hospitality and recounts a week of true integration with Spelman students. The letter argues race consciousness fades when people become college peers and urges continuing contacts after returning to the segregated South and Wake Forest College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Barnard
Schol
Wanton Salem
Cotepe
Nepra
Collwge
Wake Forest College
Exchange Brings Doubt And Hope in Student Exchange
The representative assembly weighs the past week of the Southern Exchange Program. Barnard College students Carol Van Buskirk Ruth Nemzoff and Minnie Riley of Spelman College say time was the main limit Yet the program forged bonds across Wake Forest Barnard and Spelman and eased tensions around integration. It shows both doubt and optimism about future action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Representative Assembly
Carol van Buskirk
Ruth Nemzoff
Barnard College
Minnie Riley
Spelman College
Wake Forest Students Discover Northern Hospitality in New York
Five Wake Forest College students from Winston Salem tour New York meeting Barnard and Columbia students. They describe Northerners as friendly and welcoming, noting Southern stereotypes are unfounded. The group visits classes attends luncheons and dorm sings and sees shows including The Music Man and Krapp's Last Tape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wake Forest College
Winston-Salem
New York
Elizabeth Measamer
Barnard
South
Columbia
Music Man
Krapp
Wake Forest
Nelda King Excited by Barnard Exchange in New York
Nelda J King, Spelman College, recounts her Barnard exchange week in New York. She details theater visits and museum outings with Barnard and Wake Forest students, notes meaningful discussions on life in the South and segregation, and advocates continued exchange to broaden understanding and promote integration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnard
New York
Rockefeller Center
Wake Forest
South
Also Mentioned on This Page
Joan Gordon
Oletter
Spelman
Orleans Parish
William Hartsfield
Georgia
Brooks
Ry Barbara Posen
City
By Jane Ruben
Linda Adams
Karen Hopkins
Adams
Nelda King
N.Y
Nelda J. King
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!