Browse Items · University of Richmond Race & Racism Project

Article "College Fraternities, Sororities Are Termed 'Citadels of Snobbery"

http://memory.richmond.edu/files/originals-for-csv-imports/RichmondCollegianXXXVI.17.2-19500210.JPG

This article summarizes the perspective of Mrs. Glenn Frank, widow of the former president of the University of Wisconsin and former sorority member, regarding the “dangerous influence” of Greek life on college campuses. In her published special…

Opinion "A thought on segregation"

This anti-integration quote from student Olen Lewis claims that, while accepting black and white Americans as "brothers" that "love each other," they should desire to be separate in some instances. This was published four years before the Messenger…

Opinion "Why do all the frisbee kids sit together at D-hall?"

http://memory.richmond.edu/files/originals-for-csv-imports/Collegian93.22.16-20060406.JPG

In this Collegian editorial, written 50 years after the Brown v. Board of Education decision that ended the legal segregation of public schools, the writer addresses the ways in which segregation is still prevalent at the University of Richmond. They…

Cartoon "Untitled"

http://memory.richmond.edu/files/originals-for-csv-imports/Collegian82.13.13a-19960118.JPG

This Collegian cartoon, appearing underneath the article “Dining hall traditions separate students” by Chris Wright, depicts three male college students. In a text bubble, one of the students exclaims, “I hate the way Greeks…

Article "Dining hall traditions separate students"

http://memory.richmond.edu/files/originals-for-csv-imports/Collegian82.13.13-19960118.JPG

This 1996 Collegian article explains the decade-long social separation of students in the E. Bruce Heilman Dining Center and attempts to pinpoint its causes. As elaborated in the article, Greek life sits on the right side room of the dining hall,…

Article "E. Bruce etiquette: dining hall dos and don'ts"

http://memory.richmond.edu/files/originals-for-csv-imports/Collegian79.22.19-19930325.JPG

This Collegian article outlines the “unwritten seating arrangement” at the E. Bruce Heilman Dining Center, otherwise known as “D-hall”. The source of this social segregation seems to arise out of the Greek life system.…

Opinion "'Enough' is too much"

http://memory.richmond.edu/files/originals-for-csv-imports/Collegian74.18.4-19880225.JPG

In this Collegian opinion piece, student Julie Ciccarone responds to a defense of the Greek system in response to a Collegian piece by student Greg Simonian titled “Enough is enough,” in which Simonian wonders why the Greek system gets…

Illustration "Greatest Ventriloquist Act of the Century"

http://memory.richmond.edu/files/originals-for-csv-imports/Messenger1964.38-1964.JPG

This cartoon shows a white ventriloquist agreeing to his sentiment of, "We were all mighty happy until we were interfered with... Weren't we?" with a blackface-wearing ventriloquist's dummy. This refers to forced integration that occurred in public…

Article "Civil Rights Issue: Hays Challenges Christians"

This article discusses how congressman Brooks Hays said that Christians had “grown soft” during this time. He claimed that he was not an advocate for mass integration, but that he was against discrimination. He expressed that Christians…

Article "Forum Upholds HEW By Slim Vote, 43-31"

This article discusses a University Campus Forum determining that the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare's (HEW) charges against the University for reflecting a racist image were justified, by a 43-31 vote. Before the vote, there was a…

Browse Items (107 total)