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Berea College Selma to Montgomery Oral History Collection

Collection

Identifier: RG 14-14.06

Abstract Berea students, faculty, and staff, along with many others, had previously participated in a 1964 march on the state capitol in Frankfort to lobby the Kentucky legislature to pass civil rights legislation. On March 7,1965, a small group of Bereans took part in a King-led march that had to turn back before arriving at Montgomery—during which a white minister from Boston was killed. The subsequent five-day march of March 21st through the 25th drew more than 25,000 participants. Fifty-eight...

Dates: Other: Majority of material found within 2004

Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

Berea College Student Picture Directories

Collection — Box 1

Identifier: RG 12-12.14

Scope and Contents

Directories with student information and photographs.

Dates: 1971 - 1977; 1991 - 1993

Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

Berea College Student War Service records

Collection

Identifier: RG 08-8.50

Abstract

Collection of materials regarding Berea College students serving in World Wars.

Dates: Other: Majority of material found within 1944-1976

Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

Bereans in Military Service

Collection

Identifier: RG 13-13.16

Scope and Contents

Materials, including rosters and personal letters, recording the military service of Bereans .

Dates: Other: Majority of material found in 1942-1951

Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

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: 1979-

Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives

Blacks at Berea collection

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: 1836-1972

Found in: Berea College Special Collections and Archives