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The Web 1962 "Rat Week"
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Title
The Web 1962 "Rat Week"
Subject
Description
The bottom two photographs were published in The Web 1962 in the Westhampton freshmen section. It portrays freshmen women participating in Rat Week while holding Confederate flags. Rat Week was a hazing event for freshman that commonly involved racist imagery and Lost Cause ideology.
Source
Virginia Baptist Historical Society, The Web (1962): 167. Available online via the UR Scholarship Repository.
Publisher
The Web, University of Richmond
Date
1962
Relation
Language
English
Type
Identifier
Web.167-1962.jpg
Coverage
Richmond (Va.)
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Student Contributor
Files
Citation
“The Web 1962 "Rat Week",” University of Richmond Race & Racism Project, accessed September 19, 2024, https://memory.richmond.edu/items/show/2712.