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This editorial from the Flat Hat (William & Mary student run newspaper) prompted the temporary suspension of the paper from publication, according to a 1985 publication called The Black Presence at William and Mary. Editor-in-chief Marilyn Kaemmerle…

Transcription: "ARE WE GOING COLOR BLIND? No question of the present generation is of such vital importance to the white race, or so dependent upon education as a remedy as that of the amalgamation of the two races who have lived side by side in one…

Transcription:To the Editor:
We speak on behalf of many of our fellow students, both black and white, who expressed the same displeasure that we did in regard to a segment in the 1991 Colonial Echo. We write this letter as one of gratitude to the…

Student, faculty, and administrative representatives from Virginia colleges will join forces with civil rights officers to regulate and evaluate Governor Linwood Holton’s statewide desegregation plan before its release in December
The committee…

Lincoln’s Job Half-Done…
When Lincoln freed the slaves, he undoubtedly hoped the Negroes would someday be accepted as equals by the other colors of people in this country. Today we find the Negroes released from formal bondage, but not…