Will We Let This Happen Letter from black students to Guilford Judiciary Board

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Letter from Guilford College black students which identifies racism as the underlying cause of friction on campus between blacks and the administration, faculty, Board of Trustees, Majority student body and alumni. The letter claims that because of racism institutions such as Guilford are "diametrically opposed" to the personal growth of African American college student. The document is incomplete, ending on page 2 of the letter. The cover page is a line drawing of three African Americans presumably decapitated and lynched.

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Title: Will We Let This Happen Letter from black students to Guilford Judiciary Board
Who's responsible?: Guilford College Black Students (Creator)
Original creation or publication date: 1970
Place: Greensboro (N.C.)
Decade: 1970-1979
Type of item: text
Original format: correspondence
Subject headings: Guilford College
Topics: North Carolina
African-American History
Schools and Colleges
Additional tags: Guilford College
Copyright information: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
IN COPYRIGHT. This item is subject to copyright. Contact the contributing institution for permission to reuse.
Contributing Institution: Quaker Archive, Hege Library, Guilford College
Collection: Grimsley Hobbs Papers
Civil Rights Greensboro
Funding source: LSTA grant administered by the North Carolina State Library -- http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/ld/grants/lsta.html
Contributor's identifier: GUI_MS416.1323
Gateway identifier: guilford:13724
OCLC number: 884367743

Will We Let This Happen Letter from black students to Guilford Judiciary Board

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