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African American students

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Carl Barus Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG6-L8-002
Overview

Carl Barus was a professor of engineering and social activist. He taught in the Engineering Department at Swarthmore College from 1952 to 1985. He was active in negotiating a resolution to the 1969 admissions office sit-in by SASS and subsequently served on the Black Concerns Committee. Contains papers on African American student concerns at Swarthmore from the SASS sit-in in 1969 to minutes and papers of the Black Concerns Committee in the 1980s.

Dates: 1968-1985

Swarthmore College. Black Cultural Center Records

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG6-Q006
Overview Contains the records of the Black Cultural Center, founded in 1969 and located on the campus of Swarthmore College. The BCC serves as a home for a number of organizations on campus including SASS (Swarthmore African-American Student Society), Gospel Choir, and Mjumbe, a literary magazine representing black students. The collection includes constitution, minutes, correspondence, and other records of SASS, the records of the Gospel Choir which was founded in 1971, and recent records of Mjumbe,...
Dates: 1968-2000