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Letter to the Editor "The Dixie Resolution: A Stir Develops Amid the Pines"
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Title
Letter to the Editor "The Dixie Resolution: A Stir Develops Amid the Pines"
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Description
This letter to the editor is an explanation from a Richmond College Student Government Association (S.G.A) Senator, Gaston Williams, as to why the Senate voted to restrain the use of the song “Dixie” throughout the University. He states there have been efforts made to attract a wider range of students to the University of Richmond through a Black Student Recruitment Program led by Steve Nock. The main issues being faced were that potential black students had not heard of the University or if they had, they thought of it as a “private white institution.” One of the issues that was cited in the fact that there were not many black students present on campus, and another was that “Dixie” was often played while waving the Confederate flag during sporting events. Williams, along with Senate, urged the student body to think of the meanings behind these actions and to restrain from doing them in order to diversify the campus.
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Source
Williams, Gaston. "The Dixie Resolution: A Stir Develops Among the Pines." The University of Richmond Collegian LXI, no. 8, (November 5, 1971): 2. https://collegian.richmond.edu/cgi-bin/richmond?a=d&d=COL19711105.2.8&srpos=18&e=------197-en-20--1--txt-txIN-
Publisher
The Collegian, University of Richmond
Date
1971-11-05
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Language
English
Type
Identifier
CollegianLIX.8.2-19711105.jpg
Coverage
Richmond (Va.)
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Student Contributor
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Citation
Williams, Gaston, “Letter to the Editor "The Dixie Resolution: A Stir Develops Amid the Pines",” University of Richmond Race & Racism Project, accessed February 7, 2023, https://memory.richmond.edu/items/show/2469.