Berea College
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
A.A. Burleigh Papers
These are the papers of A.A. Burleigh, one of the first African Americans to attend and graduate from Berea College. Materials include biographical information, correspondence, pension applications, medical and death records, and additional print material.
Blacks at Berea
A collection of materials documenting the history of blacks at Berea College as well as race relations at the College. Materials include clippings, notes, writings, correspondence, College memorandum and notices, and other.
Committee for the March on Montgomery
March on Frankfort
On Thursday, March 5, 1964, 170 Berea students and 30 faculty and townspeople joined approximately 10,000 other demonstrators for a March on Frankfort. At the March, demonstrators listened to speeches by Frank Stanley Jr., Martin Luther King, Jr., Jackie Robinson, D.E. King, and Ralph Abernathy. Speakers pleaded for the Governor Breathitt and state legislature to consider seriously the House-sponsored Public Accomodations Bill.