Students, Afro-American -- Berea College
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Berea College Historical Register/Alumni Directory
Collection
Identifier: RG 12-12.26
Scope and Contents
Various historical registers and alumni directories of Berea College.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1916-1995
Black Cultural Center
Collection
Identifier: RG 05-5.50
Abstract
In 1983, Berea College established the Black Cultural Center (BCC) with the philosophy that true integration and equality cannot happen without awareness, understanding, and appreciation of black culture. Over three decades later, the philosophical foundation of the Black Cultural Center has not changed and it continues to support the historic commitments of Berea College – in particular the commitment:
“To assert the kinship of all people and to provide interracial education with a...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1979-
Blacks at Berea
Collection
Identifier: RG 13-13.07
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1836-1972
Francis S. Hutchins papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 03-3.05
Abstract
Official records and personal papers of the fifth president of Berea College, Francis S. Hutchins.
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found within 1924-1979
Kentucky Day Law and Berea College
Collection
Identifier: RG 13-13.06
Abstract
The Day Law, "An Act to Prohibit White and Colored Persons from Attending the Same School," was signed into law in the Commonwealth of Kentucky by Governor J.C.W. Beckham in March 1904. The law effectively forced Berea College, the only integrated college in Kentucky, to segregate.
As the bill was being debated in the Kentucky House of Representatives Committee on Education, two groups came to Frankfort to lobby the legislators. One group was led...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1904-2005
Henry Allen Laine collection
Collection
Identifier: RG 08-8.16
Abstract
Collection of records and materials documenting the life and work of Berea College graduate and civil rights leader Henry Allen Laine.
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found within 1908-2009; Other: Date acquired: 10/08/2009
Jessie Mae Reasor Zander papers
Collection
Identifier: RG 08-8.37
Abstract
Papers of Jessie Mae Reasor Zander.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1947 - 2002