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Petition "Board of Trustees on Student's Protest"
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Title
Petition "Board of Trustees on Student's Protest"
Subject
Description
In this document, found in the collection of F.W. Boatwrights correspondences, is a public apology given to the university community for the recent racist manner in which Mr. Russell Jones had been treated. When Mr. Jones had visited, on invitation, to give a lecture, he was denied entry into the dining hall on the basis of his race. The students, in a document published in the Collegian entitled "We the Students," protested against the act. This document was the Board of Trustees' apology, in which they acknowledged the hypocrisy an bigotry of the event, and explain that, through such actions, their claims for Christian acts of brotherhood are invalidated. They pledge to implore the rest of the administration to do away with the policy, and disclaim any further responsibility for racist actions that may result.
Source
"To the Board of Trustees and Administrative Officers of the University of Richmond." (1944). Boatwright Memorial Library, Presidential Correspondence of Frederic W. Boatwright, 1910-1946. http://dlxs.richmond.edu/cgi/i/image/image-idx?id=S-FWB-X-0005150%5DFWB6041.1944.033.001.JP2
Date
1944, Spring
Format
Language
English
Type
Identifier
DSLX_Boatwright_1944
Coverage
Richmond (Va.)
Text Item Type Metadata
Student Contributor
Files
Citation
“Petition "Board of Trustees on Student's Protest",” University of Richmond Race & Racism Project, accessed March 31, 2023, https://memory.richmond.edu/items/show/484.